The Midnight Owl

Chapter 184

"Carbon monoxide poisoning?" Qian Ai looked at his company now, and there seemed to be death traps hidden everywhere. If he didn't have time to set up a second reunion point, he would definitely not want to come back here, "Is it the kind of charcoal burning?" , It's like eating mutton in a copper hot pot, without opening the window and no ventilation, you can be sure to faint within two hours after eating..."

"Mr. Qian, huh...you have lost your memory, and you still have so much life experience..." Xu Wang adjusted his breathing with his hands on his hips, put down his baseball cap and ran from the 3rd floor to the 10th floor in one breath, catching up with the triathlon.

The cheat sheet didn't show any foul hints, and they didn't ingest any suspicious food or water, plus symptoms like sleepiness and drowsiness before the reset, Wu Sheng couldn't think of a second conclusion except for carbon monoxide poisoning.

"Brother Sheng, is this an accident or man-made?" Kuang Jinxin frowned, with a serious attitude, as if he was really taking an exam.

"It must be man-made," Qian Ai interrupted, "We didn't cook hot pot in the financial office."

Xu Wang swept the back of his head angrily: "If you're hungry, go to the water dispenser and fill yourself up." He couldn't stop eating, whether it was the boss or a glutton.

"If it's man-made, why?" Kuang Jinxin seemed to be asking Wu Sheng, and also seemed to be thinking to himself.

"If you do it again, you'll know." Chi Yingxue, who had been silent all this time, cut off the conversation in a casual manner.

Sure enough, Kuang Jinxin turned to him: "Do it again?"

Chi Yingxue likes him looking at herself: "Go to the financial office again, and when the time is up, you will know who is playing tricks."

Wu Sheng didn't expect that the first person he thought of together was Chi Yingxue.

Doing it again, it's simple to say, but it means taking a precious chance to gamble.Using themselves as bait, winning the bet does not mean passing the exam. At most, they have to do another big question. If they lose the bet, the chances left to them are only 5.

Time 12:30, Finance Office.

It was still the same six seats, but this time, only three people were seated.

"After this fucking exam is over, the first thing I will do is pay that kid back, even if he sells his blood!" Qian Ai pounded his fist on the table, making a "boom" with real emotion.

Thirteen minutes ago, the blue hair was "entertained" by them again. Now in Qian Ai's heart, the guilt of "bullying the other party" is far greater than "not paying back the money". Looking at the blue hair on the head, it doesn't feel dazzling anymore, it feels like a painting Blue painting, blowing melancholy.

"Now we donate blood for free..." Kuang Jinxin kindly reminded.

"You, sell yourself?" Xu Wang also kindly reminded.

Qian Ai was very concerned about the second "good intentions". He rolled up his sleeves and raised his arms to show his biceps: "Do you question your physical strength?"

Xu Wang was shocked by this momentum, and sincerely suggested: "Why don't you come to our company's collection department."

Waiting, especially waiting for danger, is always difficult.The house is okay, the chatting and nonsense is over, the only task is three people, and the lively effect of five people must be chatted.Those who squat outside the house are even harder.

The financial office is at the innermost part of the staff office area, the door is facing the corridor, and the corridors are flanked by other departments' offices.Wu Sheng and Chi Yingxue are currently hiding in the office area on the right hand side as soon as the financial office leaves.

This is a multi-person office area. The glass grille is frosted in the middle and transparent from top to bottom.Wu Sheng and Chi Yingxue hid behind the workstation closest to the glass barrier, sitting on the floor, with their desks covering their bodies, and through the transparent part under the glass barrier, they could see the corridor floor.

Time passed by every minute and every second, the two of them had nothing to say, just you looked at me and I looked at you, and they looked at each other comfortably and harmoniously.

At 14:20, a pair of feet, a pair of hands and a rubber hose appeared outside the transparent glass.

Chi Yingxue discovered it first. For the past two and a half hours, he didn't even move. He just quietly looked out of the glass. Even Wu Sheng could not compare with this concentration and endurance.

The man bent over and was slowly sending the hose, whose source was unknown, to the gap under the door of the financial room.

Frosted glass blocked his face.

If nothing is done, after another 50 minutes, the colorless and odorless gas in the hose will fill the accounting room without anyone noticing—just like last time.

But this time, not last time.

【Owl: Someone used <[武] to catch you without a fight> yo~~】

At the same time that Chi Yingxue clicked away the stationery, Wu Sheng had already rushed out of the office.

The man's hands were twisted back together by a strange force, as if his arms were bound by an invisible rope.He straightened up in shock, and met Wu Sheng who rushed out.

The next second, realizing something was wrong, he turned around and ran away.

It's very scientific to catch with your hands tied, your hands tied, and your feet untied.But... what is the effect of the word "just capture"!

Wu Sheng didn't have time to slander this, so he chased after him.He ran with his front foot, and Chi Yingxue came out with his back foot, just in time to see the back of the murderer: "Grey coat?"

Wu Sheng chased all the way to the elevator room, the elevator door just opened, and the gray coat plunged in.Wu Sheng was speechless, the elevator doors didn't close in seconds, and with his current distance, he would definitely be able to catch up...

"Dangdang!"

The sound of falling from the sky made Wu Sheng tremble.

He and Chi Yingxue, who had caught up, rushed to the elevator door together. Where there was a car, there was only an empty elevator door.

I took a flashlight from my mobile phone and looked down. The real elevator stopped on the very lower floor. The gray coat fell on the top of the car in a twisted posture—he had four arms.

Wu Sheng's breath was stagnant, and he stretched down the arm holding the mobile phone, and finally recognized that there was another person.

A person under the weight of a gray coat, most of the body is blocked, only two slender arms are exposed.

The sound outside the house let the three people in the financial room know that the murderer was caught.They followed the sound, but only saw Wu Sheng and Chi Yingxue staring blankly at the elevator entrance.

Kuang Jinxin had a bad premonition, he ran to the elevator door quickly.The flashlight of Wu Sheng's mobile phone was still on, illuminating the abyss-like elevator shaft.

"Lin Lin..."

Wu Sheng turned around: "Is that the little girl you said was murdered in your company?"

Kuang Jinxin wanted to say "um", but his throat was tight and he didn't make a sound. He could only open his sore eyes and nodded slightly.He remembered how Lin Lin was lying on the car, with her arms in this position.He has always been under the illusion that as long as he and Chi Yingxue don't take the elevator, Lin Lin will be fine. It's like playing a game to avoid the side plot. It turned out that he was just deceiving himself.

Xu Wang sighed, and patted his head comfortingly: "Call the police," he said to Wu Sheng, "People have been killed, it's not a joke."

Wu Sheng pondered, suddenly remembered something, and looked at Chi Yingxue: "Xiao Kuang said, when the elevator broke down, the fake maintenance worker who attacked you was wearing a gray coat?"

Chi Yingxue skipped the question and pointed directly at the bottom of the car: "That's him."

Wu Sheng: "The other one is a security guard?"

Chi Yingxue: "Yes."

Wu Sheng: "Then this time, where is the security guard..."

A reminder broke everyone's nerves.

The five people gathered at the elevator door turned their heads almost at the same time.The huge thrust caught off guard caused four of the five people to fall into the elevator shaft. Only Mr. Qian held on to the door and survived by relying on his own weight. Only then did he see clearly the security uniform and the hideous face. .

Time 12:15, 18th floor, blood number 5.

The carbon monoxide trap that appeared at 14:20 was too late. This time they changed their strategy and ambushed ahead of time at the place where Lin Lin might be pushed into the elevator shaft—according to the light position Chi Yingxue saw when she looked up in the transparent car, Lin Lin fell down The floor was finally locked on the 18th floor.

At that time, Chi Yingxue and Kuang Jinxin went to talk in the stairwell at 12:10, and then met the security guard, found the flyer, and helped clean up the "sneaky and suspicious person" who was caught by the security guard. , the time to enter the elevator should be between 12:20-12:30.

Right now, it's already 12:20.

This kind of boring work, especially the nerves are highly tense, can be said to last like a year.

12: 21.

12: 22.

12: 23.

12: 24.

"boom."

A voice came in from the outside of the building, through the building and layers of glass, and when it reached the ears of the five people, it was a little muffled and flat, and it couldn't hear the original sound.

But soon, the commotion on each floor and the screams outside the building mixed into an unusual noise.

"Someone jumped off the building—"

The five people ran to the nearest window to look out, following the employees who were watching the excitement. Many onlookers had already gathered downstairs. Looking down, the people looked like ants, and they couldn't see the person who fell from the building clearly.

In the end, it was Kuang Jinxin who went back to his company on the 15th floor to confirm that it was Lin Lin.

"How could this be..." Xu Wang was a little confused.Obviously everything happened repeatedly, his baseball cap, Qian Ai's jumping off a building, carbon monoxide trap, how come here, suddenly changed?

"For an object in inertial motion, only an external force can make it change its trajectory." Wu Sheng looked up, and the bloody numbers outside the window were reflected in his pupils, "We have been discovered."

Qian Ai: "You mean the bastard who murdered that girl and found out that we were staying?"

Wu Sheng said, "Yes."

Kuang Jinxin: "Then what should we do now?"

"Get the two of them out directly." Wu Sheng said this to Chi Yingxue.

The latter shrugged his shoulders. To him, this action can represent many meanings such as "Oh", "Got it" and "Okay", and it is very convenient to use.

【Owl: Someone used <[Phantom] Impression Tracking> on you~~】

The phantom was used on Chi Yingxue himself. He closed his eyes and called up the appearance images of those two guys in his memory. Not long after calling them up, two scenes entered his mind.

Gray coat is going down the stairs, 14F is written on the wall.

The security guard was also going down the stairs, and 15F was written on the wall. It was more like protection than tailgating.

The five of them are currently at 15F.Looking at each other, no one gave orders, and rushed to the stairwell tacitly!

There was a "bang" and the door of the stairwell was knocked open. Based on the time, the two had already descended at least two floors.

However, both Wu Sheng and Kuang Jinxin had acceleration stationery, the former caught up to the gray coat in the blink of an eye, and Kuang Jinxin was still a little unfamiliar with stationery, but he still managed to intercept the security guard.

The two threw their front and back feet on the people they intercepted, and were waiting for their later partners to join the battle with stationery, but in the sudden explosion, their souls returned to 12:00.

The number outside the window, 4.

On the third floor, Xu Wang: "..."

On the seventh floor, Wu Sheng: "..."

On the 15th floor, Kuang Jinxin: "..."

On the 16th floor, Chi Yingxue: "..."

On the rooftop of the top floor, Qian Ai: "Do you need to blow yourself up so hard——!!!"

Security: "Qian, Mr. Qian?"

Qian Ai: "Don't try to persuade me, I think jumping off a building is pretty good now, really..."

The heartbroken Boss Qian finally went back to the 10th floor in resentment—if he could jump away, he would be relieved, but now he jumps down, hey, I'm back again, don't you think it's annoying!

"The tactics are still too rough." When they met again, Wu Sheng only spoke these four words.

Chi Yingxue wanted to make sarcastic remarks, but held back.Not everyone can take responsibility. Being the brain of the team, let alone adjusting and improving tactics over and over again, at least he doesn't have that hobby of worrying.Since you are sitting back and reaping the rewards, don't pick and choose.

"Let's collect the stationery now, we can no longer just attack, search or defend, but fight in combination." Wu Sheng pulled a piece of blank A4 paper without looking up, "The stationery box."

The four partners obediently opened the pencil case and stretched out their arms, like good babies waiting in line for vaccination in the classroom.

Wu Sheng copied everyone's stationery as quickly as possible, filling half a sheet of paper.

"It's not enough to just stop them. To prevent them from detonating their bombs, we also need a magic tool that can tell the truth..." He muttered to himself, drawing circles left and right on the paper, concentrating on it.

The four partners who had retracted their arms sat quietly beside him, watching him exude the light of a schoolmaster alone.

12:20, 18th floor.

The first move of combined tactics——Kuang Jinxin, <[Defense] You can’t see me>.

The invisibility device makes it impossible for the five people to be exposed.

At 12:22, Lin Lin appeared, walking into the elevator, looking left and right, as if looking for someone.

At 12:23, the security guard showed up. Lin Lin was unprepared for him, and the two simply greeted him.

At 12:24, Lin Lin seemed to have not waited for the person who was coming, and wanted to leave. The elevator door opened at this time, and the security guard took advantage of it and pushed her hard.

The second move of combined tactics—Xu Wang, <[Defense] Soft Landing>.

The girl who fell into the elevator shaft did not make a "bang" sound. The security guard noticed something was wrong and looked down.

It is now, the fourth move of the combined tactics - Chi Yingxue <[Magic] put down the butcher knife>.

The security guard knelt down to the elevator door with a plop.

The five partners held their breath and remained silent.

Half a minute later, seeing the wrong gray coat, he sprang out from the darkness, "Hey, you..."

Wu Sheng didn't let him finish his sentence, and sent out the fifth tactic——<[Preventing] mud feet sinking>.

Gray Coat's feet suddenly couldn't move. As soon as he lowered his head, Qian Ai sent out the big move he had been waiting for for a long time——<[武]Shui Man Jinshan>.

A heavy rain came unexpectedly. In the blink of an eye, everyone was drenched, and they lingered until the water overflowed their waists before they could barely stop.

Whatever gunpowder you have strapped to you is a squib.

The two of them have been completely confused by the combination of punches. The key is that they don't know where their opponents are at all.

"Who the hell is playing tricks! Come out to me—"

With a roar, the employees of the company on the 18th floor came out one after another.

Before the onlookers came up, the five invisible people tied the two bastards with stationery, picked them up and trotted back to the 10th floor.

On the 10th floor, that's Mr. Qian's world, and the place was cleaned up very thoroughly.

The world is finally quiet.

The five partners threw people into Qian Ai's office, and President Qian closed the door behind him. The invisibility device had not been touched yet. According to Wu Sheng's tactics, for safety reasons, he would always use it if he could be invisible.

So the gray coat and the security guard just stared blankly at the air, shivering as they leaned together.

Wu Sheng stepped forward and gave a final gift to one of them——<[fantasy]Don'tlietome>.

Although he couldn't hear the prompt, according to the tactics of meeting in advance, the onlookers also knew what Wu Sheng used.Xu Wang, Qian Ai, and Kuang Jinxin were all looking forward to the effect, but Chi Yingxue frowned slightly, instinctively not liking this stationery.

The phantom tool takes effect.

In the air, Wu Sheng's voice appeared: "Why did you kill Lin Lin?"

There is no prologue, but coming up is the core.

The onlookers have already put on the "he's right" filter for Wu Sheng, the full name - "listen to him and you're right" filter.

When I was playing combination tactics just now, my recognition and admiration for this teammate had reached its peak. Now that I heard him speak again, I felt that the full set of answers to this exam was about to come out.

"She knows too much." The one in the middle of the phantom is a gray coat, and his eyes have drifted away.

The security guard couldn't see other people, but he could see his companion. As a result, his companion seemed to be possessed by a demon, answering every question he had about the ghost-like voice in the air.He was so frightened that he even forgot to yell and curse, his face turned pale.

"What does she know?" Wu Sheng continued to ask.

Gray Coat said, "She knows we're going to bomb the building."

Although Wu Sheng had a premonition, he was still startled.

"Blow up the building?" Qian Ai blurted out uncontrollably.

The sudden appearance of a second strange voice made the security guard tremble.

But Gray Coat turned a deaf ear, he seemed to only respond to Wu Sheng's voice.

Wu Sheng: "Why do you want to do this?"

Gray coat: "It's fun, hehe, Molu said that making small troubles is not exciting, and making big noises if you want to do it."

Wu Sheng didn't expect that in the state of phantom, he could still express "emotions". To what extent must he be paranoid to leave such a deep imprint in his heart: "Who is the end?"

Gray Coat: "Our God."

Wu Sheng: "The real name."

Gray Coat: "I don't know."

Wu Sheng: "What does it look like?"

Gray Coat: "I don't know."

After pondering for a few seconds, Wu Sheng suddenly changed the question: "How many people do you have?"

Gray Coat: "Four..."

"Boom!"

A sudden crash interrupted the conversation.

Outside the window, the hanging basket swayed violently in the strong wind, like the bell and pestle of a monastery, hitting the glass one after another.

"Snapped!"

The tempered glass shattered completely.

"Be careful—" while shouting, Wu Sheng threw down Xu Wang and Qian Ai who were nearest to the left and right, and at the same time went to find the armor immediately.

Chi Yingxue and Kuang Jinxin fell to the ground and held him in his arms.

The tempered glass shattered into countless fine particles, which collapsed into the house, with rounded corners, but it could not actually cause real harm to people.

But with the tempered glass shards came in, and the hanging basket.

The moment he fell to the ground, Wu Sheng had reflexively looked for the armor, but he was still a step too late.

The hanging basket with broken cables, in the strong wind and swinging inertia, was like a steel cannonball, smashing into the house and hitting everyone - the office is not too big, and no one who fell on the ground was spared.

12:00, bloody number 3.

All the little friends held back their energy without any hesitation, and set off again to take the exam!

It's like you have already answered the last big question, and you almost finished it, and suddenly you are replaced with an empty test paper, so you can't wait to fill in all the previous answers from memory in one go, and then go back to the previous round. key point.

The tactical thinking did not change, Wu Sheng used the fastest speed to replace the stationery, and then the next five people perfectly copied the process of the previous round, and at 12:27, they had already thrown them into Chief Qian's office.

But this time, they had no illusions to lure.

Fortunately, what I want to know is almost done, the key now is - there are four people on the other side.

The one who used the hanging basket to make an attack is counted as one, and there is still one lurking in the building.

While waiting with bated breath, the hanging basket arrived as expected.Wu Sheng had already used the <[Defense] Admiralty Cover> in advance, but he didn't expect the hanging basket to break through the armor!

Impatient, often makes people careless.

12:00, bloody number 2.

The gray coat, the security guard, and the murderer pretending to be a hanging basket worker were finally taken down by five people.In fact, with stationery, it is not difficult to deal with them. The difficulty is not knowing when accidents will happen, and the mistakes you may make.

Wu Sheng didn't want to make another mistake, but he couldn't relax, there were only two chances left, once he relaxed, he might really lose his chance.

"There is only one person left." He looked at the four partners, "Who would it be?"

Bewildered.

The three criminals were entangled in silkworm chrysalis by stationery and trapped in the corner.They didn't say a word without the magic tools to induce confession. Even if they gave them a little pain with weapons, it would be futile.And the five people couldn't help but really tortured them.

"Each of us recounts what we experienced when we were alone," Wu Sheng forced himself not to be impatient and calm down, "It doesn't matter whether you think it's important or not, as long as you meet it, it's fine."

Xu Wang: "The secretary knocked on the door and gave me coffee, and the baseball cap came to seek revenge on me, and the rest is with you."

Kuang Jinxin: "I was grooming the dog, and then Chi...uh, brother, I came here."

Qian Ai: "I jumped off the building, and the security guard advised me not to jump, but it hurt me instead of jumping over to save me. Afterwards, I went downstairs all the way back to my company...Damn," he stared, "It's the security guard! He knows On the surface, you want to save me, but in fact, you pushed me on purpose!"

"Be suspicious first." Wu Sheng signaled to Chi Yingxue.

Chi Yingxue leaned against the wall, and the things she had experienced flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern: "I got up from the work station and walked to the door. The property was repairing the lights, and the pliers on the ladder fell, and I quickly flashed by. I only went down one floor, so when I took the stairs, I happened to meet a security guard escorting a man down, he wanted to hold me hostage, and I subdued him perfectly. Then I went to Xiao Sijin, and then you guys.”

Qian Ai: "Director Chi, you've really put in good words for yourself..."

"No," Wu Sheng's eyes flashed, "Who is the guard guarding?"

Qian Ai: "Attack Xu Wang's baseball cap, that's right."

"I'm sorry." Wu Sheng said, "Xu Wang is on the third floor, and the security guard is walking down wearing a baseball cap. How could he collide with Xiaoxue who is walking from the 3th floor to the 16th floor?"

Qian Ai: "..."

Xu Wang and Kuang Jinxin: "..."

Because this person didn't make any real waves at all, and was out of sight of the five people from the beginning to the end.

"Three suspects," Wu Sheng summed up directly, "the security guard on the top floor, the designer who repaired the lights, and the person in the stairwell."

Xu Wang: "What do you want to do?"

Wu Sheng: "The troops are divided into two groups. Mr. Qian, Xiaoxue, and Xiaokuang, you three escort the three of them to the security monitoring room on the first floor. By the way, confirm whether the person I met in the security guard on the top floor and in the stairwell is there. I Go to the [-]th floor with Xu Wang to find the maintenance person. If the person who has been taken down is still locked in the monitoring room, you three should stay still until we meet up there."