Qin Rang scratched the red hair behind his butt embarrassedly: "Hehe, I think so too." ”

After the unanimous consent of all the players, Qin Rang stepped forward to draw cards.

He didn't hesitate much, and drew a card according to the physical guidance of his own Emperor, but when he turned over the board as required, the Emperor of Europe, who had never been disappointed in his luck, suddenly showed an expression of disbelief-

Chapter 125: Highway Circus (19)

The card drawn by Qin Rang is a straight "magician".

The acrobat stared at the cards in his hand and his eyes widened: "Oh! Congratulations to the lucky visitor, the "Magician" cards you draw are in a one-in-one sequence, which means that your "Tower Tour" will start on the first floor. ”

An embarrassing silence creeps in among the players.

Time seems to freeze.

"Isn't it? The first floor?! Damn, what the hell is he, I'm a liar, right?! I'm luckier than this with my eyes closed! ”

Finally, someone couldn't hold back and scolded, after all, in the copy world where everyone's life and death are at stake, human civilization is no longer worth mentioning, and there is no need to hide your anger in front of strangers, as if you don't vent it but let the other party take advantage.

For these players standing on the sidelines, drawing to the first tier means starting at the very bottom.

They have tacitly accepted that the players, as the acrobats call "fresh blood", must find a way to reach the top of the tower in order to complete the regret that the disabled high-altitude performer did not achieve.

Qin Rang was stunned for a while, and finally bit his lip vigorously, obviously accepting the fact that he had overturned at this moment, and hurriedly lowered his head and apologized to the players: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm tired of everyone, I didn't expect it to be this result......"

Because of his "bad luck" made the players take unnecessary risks, Qin Rang was so embarrassed that his neck was red, as if he had really done something wrong.

For him, the invincible European emperor, this accident was simply the biggest "Waterloo incident" of his good fortune career.

"How so... Why did you play abnormally at the critical time... And it has affected so many people..."Qin Rang bit his lip harder and harder, as the little young master of the family, he was not used to what he did to disappoint others.

And just now, Qi Yan helped persuade everyone to let him come over to draw cards.

He not only disappointed others in himself, but also ruined everyone's trust in Qi Jiu.

How did you mess it up......

"Don't say that, who knows if the so-called card draw is really random? Maybe who's going to draw and which one to draw is already a copy that's been arranged a long time ago? We're not first-time players, are we? You can't be so naïve. Lu Zhi never got used to seeing his teammates being bullied, so he stood up and expressed his views loudly.

Saying that, he thoughtfully patted Qin Rang's shoulder, "Don't feel sorry, no one owes anyone here, and no one needs to be responsible for anyone." ”

Xiao Qi Zhen frowned, looking thoughtful, he suddenly turned to the acrobat in a tone like sharing secrets, and asked in a low voice, "Sir, do you think my brother's luck is really bad?" ”

The acrobat looked at him with bony eyes, and was silent for a long time before replying: "In the adult world, good and bad are never absolute, my dear child, and you will understand this truth later." ”

Qi Yan met the other party's gaze and smiled: "Thank you, sir, I understand." ”

He already had a number in his heart, after all, he believed that Qin Rang would never lose.

As the acrobat describes: good and bad are never absolute, and the situation is still in your own hands.

"Qin Rang, believe in your luck, I will find a way to prove this matter as soon as possible," Qi Yan said in a low but determined voice, "Don't worry. ”

Qin Rang looked at Xiao Qi and nodded, although intellectually he thought that the other party was comforting him, but for some reason, he was silently looking forward to it.

After all, Qi Ji is the most reliable person in his opinion, and there is no need to doubt what the other party says.

Seeing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, although everyone complained a lot, they still had to walk into the "tower" under the guidance of acrobats.

"You are both tourists and the most 'new' performers, you are the new blood of the Acrobatic Tower, and I hope you can enjoy this unique journey!"

The moment the acrobat's voice fell, the players were teleported to the first floor of the tower.

Suddenly, a red apartment door appeared in front of them, the door was unlocked, and a strong smell of blood leaked through the crack in the door.

Because the smell of blood is too strong, even without Qi Jiu's vampire bloodline, the players can sense that something is wrong.

Everyone quickly exchanged glances, and no one seemed to want to be the first bird to be shot, and they all hesitated and didn't step forward to push the door, and finally Lu Zhi knocked on the door: "Hello, is anyone at home?" We came to inspect the gas pipeline equipment. ”

Lu Zhi is a player who has this experience in the end, and he did not push open the door without authorization, but first tested it with words.

After making sure that no one in the house responded, he cautiously pushed open the door of the apartment: "Excuse me." ”

"Ah——!!!h

In an instant, the two young players standing behind Lu Zhi let out a frightened cry.

When they saw the things standing on the hallway of the apartment, the players couldn't help but gasp, and some players who were a little less tolerant couldn't wait to look away-

On the red carpet in the entrance of the apartment, a pair of bare feet stood.

It was a pair of pale, thin, blood-studded, women's feet cut off by a sharp object.

The human feet are like a pair of slippers for guests, with their toes facing inwards and neatly placed on the carpet in the entrance.

It's as if to say to the players who come in: Welcome.

Most players have seen a lot of plasma and human tissue fluids, but compared to those exaggerated and bloody scenes, the feet standing quietly on the carpet of the apartment have an indescribable weirdness, as if only the grotesque scenes that can only be seen in cult movies.

At this moment, the system sent a task prompt -

[Welcome to the first floor of the "Tower" of acrobats: Who killed the famous acrobat dancer Lola?] 】

[Objective: Find the truth about the death of acrobatic dancer Lola and find out the real culprit]

[Mission time limit: 20 minutes (Please note!) In 20 minutes, the police will arrive at the apartment, and if you don't find the real culprit who caused Lola's death, the police will identify it as the murderer and execute it directly! ）】

[Time remaining: 20 minutes]

"Good guy, this floor is actually a criminal investigation level?" Lu Zhi was a little surprised.

Xiao Qijiu: "It's only twenty minutes allocated, and it should only be the design level of the escape room." ”

Lu Zhi nodded in agreement: "It just so happens that I have props in this area, which are very helpful in finding clues to the murder." ”

Xiao Qi smiled: "What kind of props have you missing?" ”

At this moment, the players have entered the bloody apartment, and with the sharing of Lu Zhi's props, all seventeen players have put on gloves and foot coverings to prevent their actions from interfering with the crime scene.

A corpse of a red-haired woman with her feet severed lies stiffly on a velvet sheet, and the poor lady who died is the protagonist of the backstory: Lady Laura, an acrobatic dancer.

It was soon discovered that the dead Ms. Laura's face was an unusual blue purple, her lips and nails were almost black, and she was lying on her back on the bed, her eyes bulging out of their sockets.

The last fears of life were forever fixed on her face.

Her dancing feet had been neatly cut off, and now they were on the carpet in the entrance of the apartment, white velvet sheets splattered with scarlet blood, and a kitchen knife stained with blood and minced meat rolled down to the foot of the bed.

The dead acrobatic dancer Lola was very thin, almost so thin that all that was left was a layer of skin and a handful of bones.

Some players even whispered: "Oh my God, it turns out that acrobatic dancers are so harsh on their figures?" It's all skinny as a skeleton. ”

"It's terrible, but this aesthetic is too deformed, and it doesn't look good to dance like this, right?"

Lu Zhi pointed to the pajamas wrapped around the neck of the deceased Lola: "Judging from her state of death, the cause of death is most likely mechanical suffocation, and I preliminarily judge that the murder weapon that strangled Lola was the pajamas." ”

"Good guy, if it's strangulation, then it can be ruled out as suicide, after all, no one can strangle themselves alive." Qin Rang felt distressed, because if he killed, this matter would be much more complicated, and he would have to dig into Laura's network, but they only had twenty minutes, which was simply a task that could not be completed......

Qi Zhen glanced at the TV remote control scattered next to the corpse's pillow, although it was daytime and the light in the apartment was abundant, Qi Zhen still tried to press the lamp switch.

Sure enough, as he expected, the apartment was out of power at the moment.

Qi Zhen turned his attention back to the entrance, why didn't the severed feet have shoes? Is there any special metaphor for this cult scene?

Qi Jiu, who was wearing gloves, walked back to the entrance, and he directly opened the shoe cabinet next to the entrance.

The apartment shoe cabinet was empty, with only a lone shoebox in the corner.

"Eh, why don't you have a pair of shoes? It's weird. ”

Qin Rang followed Qi Yan's line of sight, and the shoe cabinet without any shoes made him feel strange, after all, all the decorations in this apartment were the appearance of people living normally, and there was no sign of moving at all......

Lola is still such an outstanding woman, it stands to reason that the shoe cabinet should be full of shoes.

The shoe cabinet here looks as if someone has deliberately cleaned it out.

"It's not completely nothing, look, there's a shoe box here, and there's a courier label on the box."

Qi Ji held the shoe box in his hand, it was very light, obviously an empty box, and the sender was not indicated on the so-called express delivery slip, only the name of Lola was written on the recipient column.

Qi Ji opened the shoebox and found a red Christmas card lying alone at the bottom of the box-

"Happy holidays, Miss Laura! I implore you to start dancing again! You'll be in the best circus performances, you'll be the most visible great dancer, that's your life, these shoes are perfect for you, they're yours, so be sure to put them on and start your dancing career again!"

Qi Jiu, who was staring at the contents of the greeting card, frowned, dancing shoes? Where?

He looked at his bare feet on the carpet in the entrance again, and suddenly had a strong premonition: the dancing shoes mentioned on the greeting card had a lot to do with the death of Ms. Laura.

The prop boss Luzhi reacted very quickly, he had already used the scout props on the suspicious shoebox and greeting card, but unfortunately he didn't find anything.

Seeing that the clues to the shoebox are not progressing, another team of players tries to find clues from Laura's body and murder weapon.

"It should have been this kitchen knife that cut off Lola's feet, but it was the pajamas that strangled her, and the murderer was really able to toss."

"Judging by the extent of this blood spurt, I reckon... The killer had already chopped off Laura's feet before she was strangled to death. ”

"Let's not analyze the motives: why cut off a dancer's foot? Only her competitors would do that, right? ”

"It's hard to say, it's possible for all those who hate her to do that, and you think, what is the most cherished thing for a dancer? It must be this pair of feet performing on stage, and there is nothing more torturous and destroying the other than destroying the dancer's feet. ”

"But the question is, if the other party's purpose is to torture Laura, why did he kill her immediately after cutting off her feet? Wouldn't that have served the purpose? ”

“… It makes sense, but twenty minutes of reasoning can't be so rigorous, and I used a detective prop to check the fingerprints on the murder weapon. ”

"How did it turn out?"

“…… Props show that only Lola's fingerprints were found on all the murder weapons. ”

"Huh? Looks like the murderer is prepared. ”

"Did you notice? There is no kitchen in this apartment, and Lola is a dancer who often needs to perform outside, so it stands to reason that she doesn't have the opportunity to cook herself, so it's unlikely that there is such a thing as a kitchen knife, and I guess this knife must have been brought by the murderer, right? ”

Lu Zhi on this side patted his head: "I know!" I'll look up who bought the knife, and there's probably a clue. ”

Qin Rang was surprised: "Do you actually have any props that can check the purchase record?" So advanced! ”

Lu Zhi smiled: "So I said, my inventory of props on reconnaissance is quite complete." ”

Qin Rang joked: "It seems that my Emperor Europe's Waterloo incident is probably because of you, after all, I hit you professionally." ”

The apartment was not very large, and more than a dozen people crowded around the corpse and were bustling with props to find clues.

But Qi Zhen believes that this is not a secret room that requires props to crack, or even a murder case involving a second person, because in the story background of this tower, the system only mentions the role of "Ms. Laura", and there is only 20 minutes of investigation time.