Although Duanmu Huai said so, but unfortunately, nothing happened that night——— well, a very peaceful night.

Early the next morning, the group also gathered again in the van and began to report their findings.

"I didn't find anything strange, but there was a strange noise under the floor........."

Mary looked a little uneasy.

"Noise?"

"Yes, it looks like something is squirming under the floor, and it feels very uncomfortable, Lorena and I investigated the room and the results ..............."

With that, Mary glanced at Lorena, who nodded.

"We found a secret door on the floor of the room."

"Secret door?"

"Yes, under the carpet, if it weren't for Mr. Duanmu, you asked us to inspect it, I'm afraid we wouldn't have found it at all."

"Did you open it up?"

"Can't open ......... from our side"

"Uh-huh..............."

It's getting more and more like a B-grade murder plasma horror movie.

Of course, if those two old men are really murderers, Duanmu Huai is not afraid, and he doesn't know who killed whom.

At this moment, suddenly, everyone heard a commotion outside the window, they came to the window curiously, looked out, and saw that at the main entrance of the hotel not far away, a young man wearing glasses was glaring at the old man William standing at the door of the hotel——— who was just holding his arms and looking at him impatiently.

The young man glared at the old man viciously and roared loudly.

"You said you don't know if he lived here, but I'm telling you that I know he did, and he told me about it!"

"Please calm down, sir. We still have guests to rest here. ”

In the face of the young man's roar, William also looked a little dissatisfied.

"Rest? Over here? What was the sound coming from under the guest room that night? Who can rest well with this voice? Now tell me, which room the hell does he live in?! ”

"I said I don't know."

Faced with the young man's questioning, William was obviously a little annoyed.

"So don't bother me, or get out of my hotel!"

After saying this, William turned and walked directly into the inn, and the young man also walked towards the other side of the inn in a huff.

Seeing this scene, everyone also looked at each other, and Duanmu Huai sneered.

"It seems that there are more than one or two missing here."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai stepped out of the truck.

"Let's go talk to the boy."

Under the leadership of Duanmu Huai, the group left the truck and came to the other side of the hotel, and then saw the young man who had quarreled with Old Man William standing next to him, looking at the lake and forest in the distance, muttering something angrily. Duanmu Huai stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, which made the young man turn his head dissatisfied.

"Who is it? Didn't see me......... Wow! What kind of monster are you? ”

"Who are the monsters?"

Looking at the young man who was so frightened that he was almost sitting on the ground, Duanmu Huai's face suddenly sank.

"We're also guests staying here, and we just heard your quarrel with William, so we wanted to come over and talk to you."

"You, what do you want to talk about?"

"I listened to what I just said, are you here to find someone?"

"This ..............."

Facing Duanmu Huai's inquiry, the young man was obviously a little nervous, but he hesitated for a moment and explained the truth of the matter to Duanmu Huai.

His name is Jacob. Trent, who lives in room eight, is here to meet his friend Abraham. Hickey had met him, and it stands to reason that Abraham should have arrived a few weeks before, and that Abraham had called him the night before Jacob arrived.

"But when you came, you didn't see him?"

"Yes, I asked William, but the old man pretended to be deaf and dumb, insisting that he did not come, and I think he must have done something to Abraham! Damn it......... I'm not going to just let him go! I'll definitely find out his horse's feet and have the cops clean up this damn bastard! They run the inn, but they barely see anyone during the day, and they keep crouching in the sealed studio at the back of the hotel, and I think they must be doing something! ”

According to Jacob, he has lived here since then, but he doesn't feel very good about this hotel, not to mention how inconvenient it is to have no electricity or telephone, the lake in the distance makes him creepy, and there are strange noises coming from under the floor at night, he has long thought that there is something wrong with this hotel.

"Since you've lived here for so long, have you ever seen this person?"

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai took out a photo of James from his arms, and Jacob took the photo, looked at it carefully, and nodded.

"Yes, I saw this man the night I moved in, but I didn't have time to say hello to him. The next morning I noticed that his car was missing, so I guessed he was supposed to be gone. If those two old immortals tell you that he hasn't lived here, then they are either stupid or lying, and if my friend doesn't come in the next two days, I'm going to call the police! ”

"Oh."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows, and then took back the photo.

"By the way, do you remember what car he drove?"

"A black Chrysler, it's rare for young people to afford such a rich car these days, so I remember it very well."

"Thanks, I don't have a problem anymore."

After receiving Duanmuhuai's answer, Jacob turned around and left, while Duanmuhuai turned his head and looked at the others.

"Look, there's something wrong with those two old guys."

"Uh......... Just by asking? ”

"Of course."

Faced with Mary's question, Duanmu Huai nodded curiously.

"Don't forget, when we came here, we just said we were looking for someone, and we didn't say that he drove the car, nor what kind of car he drove. And this Jacob is very clear, which shows that he is not lying. ”

"So............... Mr. Duanmu, do you mean, are those two old gentlemen lying? ”

Hearing this, Mary's face was incredulous.

"However, they are just two old men, although it is not good to say so, but the missing are all young people, can the two old men have a way to deal with the young and strong young man?"

"Hehe, that's hard to say."

"That......... What do we do now? ”

"Now that we've found a clue, let's settle this commission, and you can investigate again in the hotel to see how the other travelers are doing. Wait until the evening when we meet up again and report back to me. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Mary couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Do you want me to go?"

"That's right, it's a must-have skill for investigators, so you should practice it."

"Yes......... What do you want me to ask? ”

"Just have a casual chat, find out the other person's background, how long they have been here, and have you encountered anything strange here......... Don't do it like a police interrogation, just think of two travelers chatting in a hotel. ”

"Hey......... But Mr. Duanmu, you just looked like an interrogation........."

"It's just a different way, go quickly!"

"It's ............!"

was drunk by Duanmu Huai, Mary was also startled, nodded hurriedly and turned to leave, and Lorena followed.

"Hey..............."

Looking at the distant backs of the two, Duanmu Huai shook his head, and then he turned around and walked towards the lake. As for the maid, they stay on the wagon to be in charge of guarding, and by the way, the wagon is maintained——— of course, if those two idiots dare to be stupid enough to do something to the maid, then they will be able to appreciate the true power of the maid monster.

But then again...............

"This place sucks."

Standing by the lake, looking at the scenery in front of him, Duanmu Huai couldn't help complaining. Generally speaking, it stands to reason that in a place like this, away from people, the scenery of nature should be beautiful. This is not the case, although there is also a small wooden pier at the edge of the lake, and there are several small wooden boats next to it.

Generally speaking, it is a good time to sit in a boat, float around the lake, and enjoy the natural beauty.

However............... Looking at the sticky lake in front of you, covered with green algae, there is still a layer of greasy dirt floating on the lake, and it doesn't look like the beauty of nature. It's more of a large garbage sinkhole than a lake, and you can smell a pungent smell just by walking in.

How could anyone come to this hellish place!

Walking along the lake, Duanmu Huai complained at the same time, however, when he walked to the other side of the lake, Duanmu Huai stopped.

The reason is very simple, that is, in front of Duanmu Huai, you can see very clear tire marks——— these tire marks in the dirt all the way from the parking lot, and then ...............

Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked ahead along the tire mark.

Into the lake?

No wonder this place is so dirty.

Could it be that these two old men are some kind of murderous maniacs, killing people and taking money here, and then pushing the victim's vehicle into the lake to destroy the corpses? Could the bodies of those people also be in the lake?

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked towards the hotel not far away, and then squinted his eyes slightly.

Looks like this is interesting.

Winter nights always come quickly, and when night falls, Mary and Lorena also return to the van and report to Duanmu Huai.

"In addition to that Mr. Jacob, there are two other travelers staying here."

Mary said as she pulled out a notebook———Well, it looks like she's quite serious.

"One of them is Bill. Mr. Denston, who doesn't like to communicate with people very much, I just said hello to him and didn't say anything......... The other one is Sarah. Miss Bonner, who seems to be on a long journey, is only resting here for the time being, and neither of them has seen Mr. James, nor ........."

As she spoke, Mary flipped through a page of notes.

"Miss Sara told me that she didn't like the lake very much, and that she had frequent nightmares since coming here."

"Nightmares?"

"Yes, Miss Sara said that she occasionally dreamed that she was sinking to the bottom of the water, surrounded by aquatic plants, and beneath it there was a strange spiral spiral spire city, which was littered with horrible, horrible, unspeakable corpses. Then she is always drawn to the center of the city and sees a terrifying monster with three eyes............... Then she was awakened, and she always had this dream, Miss Sara said, probably because of the lake. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned.

It's not ......... Uh-huh? Could it be that I won the lottery again this time?

Is your own rabbit's luck so awesome?

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai looked at the little white rabbit in his pocket, the latter was sleeping in a pile, Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand and touched the little white rabbit's furry body. The latter glared, then curled up in a ball again.

Well, it's cute.

"Knock knock."

At this moment, suddenly, there was a slight knock on the door outside the truck, Duanmu Huai motioned for Lorena to open the door, and then saw a young man with glasses standing outside nervously——— he was Jacob, the same young man who had quarreled with William during the day.

"What's the matter at such a late hour?"

"Hey, that's right."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's inquiry, Jacob was a little nervous, but he still spoke.

"I had another fight with that old idiot, no, a fight to be exact, I got the key from him, I'm going to see what the hell they're doing in that ghost studio in the back, do you want to come along?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows, of course he remembered that Jacob had said in the morning that the two old men hardly saw people in the daytime, and they had been squatting in the studio behind the inn and didn't know what to do. Well, if this is a horror murder B-grade movie, then what kind of torture instrument or corpse might be in it......... However, Duanmu Huai had almost guessed that there should be something weirder than these things inside.

"Okay, let's go together."

Duanmu Huai nodded, then looked at Mary and Lorena.

"Come, too, and get ready for battle."

"Yes, Knight."

Lorena was not surprised by Duanmu Huai's order, but just picked up the heavy holy book in her hand and nodded. Although Mary wanted to ask something, she didn't say anything, and obediently picked up a staff.

It was a gift from Lani to Mary when she "graduated"——— a Kalia scepter.

This staff looks more like a thin sword from the outside, and even has a gauntlet, and the part of the "hilt" is inlaid with precious stones, and when worn on the body, it looks more like a decorative weapon for women's amulets, after all, the "sword body" is also cylindrical, plus the appearance is light, and it will not be too suspicious to take it out.

Although Lani was very cold to Mary on the surface, it seems that she is still quite good to Mary. After all, this kind of weapon is not available to ordinary people even if they want it.

After instructing the maid to keep it guarded so as not to be burglarized, Duanmu Huai left the van with Lorena and Mary, and followed Jacob to the sealed studio at the back of the hotel.

“…………… Mr. Duanmu, will we fight? ”

Holding the staff in her arms, Mary still looked a little nervous, and looked at Duanmu Huai uneasily and asked, while Duanmu Huai nodded.

"That's right, if your investigation is correct, then those two old guys are not ordinary murderers, but two cultists who believe in evil gods, and the devil knows if there will be any monsters in their studio, so it's always good to pay attention."

"Huh? Yes, is that so? But I didn't see it at all........."

"I guessed it because I had read the information before, so pay attention to it."

"Yes..............."

Hearing this, Mary's expression became more and more stiff, but she still clenched her staff and nodded vigorously.

At this moment, the group also came to the door of the studio, Jacob took out the key without hesitation, and then opened the door of the studio and walked directly inside.

The whole studio was dim, only an oil lamp was placed on the table, and there were many tools that looked like they were used for repairs ——— around, but unfortunately there were no corpses or any useful clues, only a few cardboard boxes and a pile of clothes on the side of the corner. On the table, on the table, there were several muddy-looking glass jars, soaked in what looked like some kind of spike.

"Damn!!"

However, after storming the studio, Jacob seemed to have noticed something, and he went to the pile of tattered clothes next to it, took out a jacket from it, looked at it carefully, and let out an angry growl.

"Damn, I knew that! Those two old guys, they must have done it! ”

As he spoke, Jacob picked up the jacket and unfolded it to Duanmu Huai and the others.

"Look, these are Abraham's garments! I knew something must have happened to him! ”

"This garment belongs to Abraham?"

"That's right, you see there's a label here, it says A. Hickey, and that's the best proof of that. I've seen him wear this jacket more than once, and he's not going to throw it away. Those two old brutes, I will never let them go. They must have killed Abraham, maybe ..............."

As he spoke, Jacob looked into the studio and jumped to his feet when he saw two wooden boxes that looked like coffins in the corner.

"They must have put Abraham in it, damn ............!!"

Shouting, Jacob rushed to the box and opened it.

However, at this moment, suddenly, I saw a skinny and corrupt arm stretching out from it, grabbing Jacob's arm, and the next moment, I saw a weird, as if a corrupt walking corpse-like monster suddenly came out of the box, opened its mouth, and bit down on Jacob!

(End of chapter)