At this moment, Hong Ying suddenly said, "By the way, I remembered the teleportation technique I saw in a certain book before, let's gamble with this!" ”

He set his sights on me.

I remembered that the book was in my bag, pulled it out of my bag, and flipped to that page.

I immediately calmed down my confusion and focused, "Let's try it." A strong prayer can make a wish come true. ”

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Natsume didn't have time to question and hesitate, and he also recited the incantation.

The three of them lay their grips on the rope flat on the page.

The bag emits an intense white light, causing intense vertigo.

We swirl in a white space.

By the time I came back to my senses, I was standing outside the secret door of the secret passage, holding the blue rope in my hand.

It's back!

- What about them?

When I woke up, I saw Hong Ying leaning against the cabinet next to me, panting, and holding the red rope in her hand.

At her feet, beside her, was a corpse.

This corpse is the body of the uncle who died two days ago, holding the yellow rope in his hand.

And Natsume, didn't come back.

An indescribable sense of shock welled up in my heart.

"Huh, wait...... How is he? What about Natsume? Where is Natsume? I lost my composure for a moment, hurriedly broke the corpse's palm, and trembled to pick up the yellow rope.

"This rope is obviously held by Natsume, why is he holding it now? What's going on? ”

At the same time, the tremors felt spread from the ground to the ground, and the whole house began to tremble, and it was in danger.

"Wait, Miss Fate, calm down!"

Hong Ying grabbed my shoulders and said urgently: "The prayer has taken effect, he must have been teleported, but it is different from our teleportation point, let's go separately and look for it!" ”

The brain gradually calms down.

I said, "That's right, there are others to find as well." ”

I don't want to think about some bad news, I can only believe it now.

As the two of us ran up the stairs, a portion of the ceiling suddenly collapsed, and items from the upper room fell.

This situation was inevitably difficult to move an inch, so I had to hide in the small secret room at the top of the stairs first, and take refuge in the corner for a while.

……

Secretly, I leaned my back against Hongying, thinking in my heart.

After a long time, I finally recovered.

"Miss Hongying." I called her.

"Huh?" She looked back.

"Remember what we speculated about the murderer the other day?" I asked.

"Remember, why did you suddenly say this ...... at this time?"

"You're the murderer, aren't you?" I asked calmly.

This question seemed to startle her.

The scene was silent, as if the air had condensed.

"I have a question, is it safe for us to hide here?" Hong Ying looked around.

"This is a triangular space, and the support is still relatively good, so don't worry about it for the time being." I replied calmly.

Hong Ying nodded, and then asked, "Okay, why do you think I'm a murderer?"

I said, "I have observed that your physical condition is more emaciated than we are, and if it is because you are a murderer and you feel guilty for killing and you have severe insomnia, then it all makes sense." ”

Hong Ying frowned: "This is clearly nonsense, and it can't be evidence." ”

I continued: "Then take the example of the uncle who was killed two days ago, and you were the only one who was not there at the time, right? ”

"Are you doubting my situation?"

"Hmm."

Hong Ying's eyes were a little confused, and she defended: "I said, isn't it normal to be trapped in a different space at that time and not be there...... My current physical condition was caused by the events of that time. It's not like you don't feel it now......"

My demeanor became serious, and I took over: "But it's still very suspicious, at that time, the scope of influence of the other space has not become like this, and the time of your disappearance in front of us is so ingenious, who can guarantee that what you said is true or false?" ”

"So, why should I kill?" She asked.

"There are many reasons that can be guessed, and the most reasonable one I can think of is for profit."

"Interests? You don't look like rich people...... Or am I someone who will maim my opponent for the sake of treasure? The muscles in her face gradually stiffened.

"Not necessarily, but probably because of disgust...... For example, when you came here on the first night, you said - you hated your uncle, and eradicated him in extreme psychology? My brow furrowed.

Hong Ying slowly closed her eyes and replied: "Assuming what you said is right, what is the modus operandi?" Why did I show the corpse to people? Don't you think...... I'm a psychologically twisted person, right? ”

My face remained unchanged and I said resolutely: "According to my speculation, these practices are intended to mislead us in the direction of our investigation, so as to stay away from the real motive for the crime. ”

"Misleading ......"

"Miss Hongying, your purpose is not for the treasure, but for other plans."

"Do you have proof?"

"I don't know if this counts as physical evidence, I found it in your bag." I pulled out a notebook from my bag—this is Hongying's—and flipped open the cover, "Your purpose, like the notes inside, is to obtain the cursed spell." ”

Hong Ying's pupils widened and she said in surprise: "It turns out that you stole my notebook?" ”

I gave her back the notebook and said unflinchingly, "It accidentally fell out when I helped you put the bag back in the room, I promise I didn't see it intentionally, but it's also true that I learned the other side of you inside." ”

She was a little annoyed: "No, it still doesn't constitute evidence. If I have to show the body, why is the door locked in the room where the uncle died? ”

I replied with a sharp look in my eyes: "Lock the door." To stall for time...... At that time you were missing, perhaps planning your next murder. Wouldn't it be good for you to divert our attention a little more time to this matter and thus ignore you? ”

There was an ambivalence on her face: "But what about when I locked the door and put the key back in its place?" If you really want to delay time, why not throw it away? ”

"No, as far as I know, at the time when the body was found after the crime, the key was only touched by Wai Te, and no one else touched the key before and after the crime - including you." I replied.

After all, I inadvertently used the scanning analysis system to probe the fingerprints on the surface of the key, so I could make sure that my analysis was correct: "And there is only one key corresponding to that room." You didn't open the door with the original key, but with some kind of key that was the same as the original key - a key that would disappear......"

Her brows gradually relaxed, and her hands were gently placed on her knees: "Heh, you should tell me, what did I use?" ”

I said, "It goes back to the night before he died, when you went to his room with stones and ice.

According to the previous conversation, you know that the old man has a certain craft, so you asked him to carve a key out of ice cubes in one night.

Then use the condensant to save the ice key and save it for the next day. Then he killed the old man. By the time the next day was over, the key melted away, leaving no trace. ”

Hong Ying said calmly: "But...... Why did I kill my uncle? I have no grievances with him. ”

"To get a spell, you have to experiment. So the old man became a test subject, and the runes on his body after his death can tell everything. In fact, the uncle has also become a test subject in a sense - this theory can also overturn the motives of the previous reasoning. So, one of the main purposes of your murder is to test the spells you find. ”

"Hmm......"

"And, as long as there is a threat to yourself, eradicate it, for example, me. When you took me to the mouth of the vortex that left the other dimension, I didn't have time to tell the others before someone pushed me down.

Actually, you were the one who pushed me down. When you return to normal space, you want to take advantage of the opportunity to dispose of me, but I didn't let you get your way......" I calmly said my reasoning, "There are many examples of the same. ”

At this moment, the crack in the wall gradually widened, like a snake crawling through it.

Several huge rocks fell down and blocked the doorway.

The contents of the chamber shook more and more, and the collision made a screeching sound.

Hong Ying looked around: "Oops, it's getting more and more dangerous here, do you want to change places first?" ”

I observed, "I think it can last a little longer." ”

After a pause, Hong Ying's gaze changed from distress to keenness, and she questioned me in turn: "Miss Ming, these reasoning you said are also applicable to you." I see you mysteriously investigating all kinds of books all day long, and stealing my notes, you may also be the murderer.

For example, you have a conversation with the old man, and the old man said that he also gave you an hourglass - it happened that there were some grains of sand in the pool of blood after his death. Suppose you sneak into his room at night and kill someone, you can create the same scene.

Therefore, the question just now can also be regarded as a self-directed and self-staged attempt by you to conceal your true motives. ”