[5400 word chapter] Chapter 112 Obayashi Hitomi and Kumada Nobuhiko and the real grotesque investigation
"Hey, you three,"
Looking at the console not far from the front entrance of the Nara Apartment, Frogman suddenly said to Gu Xing and the others: "Do you want to see what a real weird investigation is like?"
"for real?"
"Yes," the frogman said, "the real one is different from what you have seen several times before."
"But... the three of us are not members of the Oddity Investigation Section. Isn't it inappropriate to rush there rashly?"
"Weird investigators also need the assistance of ordinary police officers," the frogman said with a smile: "You can just say that I asked you for help. In fact, investigating weird things is indeed mysterious, but for some old people who often cooperate,
Friends, we are still very open."
"This is not good..."
Standing five or six meters away from the back of the console, Gu Xing and the others had their legs slightly crossed and their hands behind their backs, pretending to be guards. Their eyes were wide open and their ears stood up.
"grown ups,"
In front of the operation console, a staff member saluted Dongluo, "You can start the drone."
Dong Luo completely ignored the observing group behind him and said expressionlessly: "Let Death Row Prisoner No. 1 take control."
This was the first time that Gu Xing and the others heard Dong Luo's voice. It was indeed a nice and cold woman's voice.
"yes!"
The staff brought out an older prisoner with graying hair from the prison car nearby. At the same time, death row prisoner No. 2 was also brought over and waited aside.
These death row inmates have long signed a trial-and-error compensation agreement, and will be trained in various possible trial-and-error skills on a daily basis.
As a prop that often enters and exits various dangerous and terrifying scenes, drones’ various control skills naturally rank high on the list of death row prisoners’ training.
Walking to the control desk with trembling steps, the rather elderly death row inmate probably knew that he would die soon.
He looked back at Dongluo helplessly.
"The compensation will be paid in full and in time," Dong Luo frowned, "Please hurry up."
As he said that, Dongluo looked at his watch, his tone still cold, "When the sun rises, the weirdness will disappear. We need to hurry up and find out more and more effective weird rules before that, so as to avoid the weirdness from happening again next time."
At that time, I was still as helpless as I am today.
You have signed a trial and error agreement. Have you read the content of the agreement carefully? You should understand the consequences of refusing to try and make mistakes."
There are clear provisions in the trial-and-error agreement: If the death row inmate refuses to execute the trial-and-error agreement, he will be executed on the spot. What's worse is that the family members will not receive even a penny in compensation.
Any death row inmate who is willing to sign this kind of trial and error agreement has very concerned relatives at home. It is very tempting to leave a large sum of wealth to them before death to make up for some regrets during life.
Death row prisoner No. 1 was no exception. He had a look of struggle on his face, stood there for a long time, and finally said:
"I know I know……"
Death row inmate No. 1 turned around and faced the operating table.
There is a screen embedded on the table that is connected to the drone's camera.
The screen is attached with a layer of film to prevent peeping. Its function is naturally to prevent others except the death row inmates from accidentally seeing the content on the screen——
The probability of weird rules arriving through the air via live video is very small, but out of caution, we have to guard against it.
Behind the death row prisoner, there were two guards in charge of custody. The staff of the Bizarre Investigation Division also reminded the two people to move to the side to prevent them from seeing the content on the display screen from the front, and also informed the two people of relevant precautions.
.
"Buzz——"
The death row prisoner controlled the drone, rose into the air, and flew towards the main entrance of the apartment.
The front door of the apartment is currently open. Of course, if it were closed, the police would have to open it even if they bombed it.
The drone flew into the main entrance, the lights on the drone were turned on, and the light like a flashlight shone into the apartment.
The picture in the apartment was transmitted to the display screen - it was a groggy, almost black-and-white picture, very much like the quality of horror movies from earlier years.
"hiss……"
The death row prisoner took a deep breath, and his hand holding the drone's joystick trembled even more.
"Give him another shot of sedative."
Dongluo's voice was very calm,
"Death row prisoner No. 1 is broadcasting the footage captured by the drone in real time, you——"
He looked at the staff of the Bizarre Investigation Section aside and said, "Keep records of the entire process."
After the injection, Death Row Prisoner No. 1 gradually stabilized, his hands stopped shaking, and the drone flew into the dark corridor.
"Keep flying inside,"
Dongluo had already put on special glasses, which could completely block the picture on the screen. It was considered a double-layer insurance. "When you see the open door, get in."
"Okay, okay...yes!"
"Where are you?"
"The first floor," the death row prisoner said, "Ah... on the left, the second door and the fifth door are open."
"Then go in and have a look."
"I can't stand it anymore...the atmosphere here is so..."
"Think about the agreement you signed."
"well……"
"Keep broadcasting."
"I, I... I was walking inside," the death row prisoner swallowed, "There was a lot of blood on the ground, I saw..."
"What did you see?"
"Feet, feet..."
"Feet? Are they shoes?"
"No, it's just the feet... there are many feet, more than a dozen feet, all wearing shoes, but there are no legs. There is still blood on the ankles. There is blood all over the ground... There are also many bloody footprints on the ground..."
"Very good, keep going forward." Dongluo said.
"I arrived at the door of the second room, and the door was open." The death row prisoner's voice became even more trembling. "There seemed to be a lot of blood bleeding at the door."
"Very well, walk in."
"The room was full of blood," the death row prisoner said, "It's so, so scary."
"Keep going inside."
"I saw a pair of feet in the house..."
"Feet again?"
"right……"
"Check the situation inside the house carefully."
"Other than those feet and the blood all over the floor, there's nothing special about it."
"Go to the next room."
"I came out of the room, and the next door that opened was the fifth... I arrived at the door... Wait, I think I heard footsteps! There was someone inside-"
Halfway through his words, the upper half of the death row prisoner's head suddenly disappeared.
The curve of the remaining part of the head looks like it has been chewed by a bloody mouth.
Before anyone could react, the lower half of the head was chewed off, right down to the neck, and blood spurted out.
"Ah...ah!"
A policeman who was responsible for guarding the death row prisoners was so frightened that he screamed repeatedly.
The invisible big mouth chewed away one bite at a time, and there was a lot of blood on the lips and teeth. You could vaguely see the outline of a vague big mouth...open it wide, bite down, close it...open it up again, bite down.
One bite at a time, the condemned prisoner was eaten until only a pair of feet remained.
The scene fell into a dead silence.
The police officer in charge of guarding the death row inmate was trembling all over and collapsed on the ground.
"What are you nervous about?"
Dongluo said: "Those who have not seen the scene should be safe."
That being said, it is really chilling to see that Death Row Inmate No. 1 is so far away from the scene and is locked in by the rules.
Before he finished speaking, a big bloody mouth suddenly appeared on top of the policeman who had screamed just now, and ate half of his head in one bite.
Then, eat it one bite at a time.
Soon, there was another pair of bloody feet on the ground.
In an instant, the atmosphere became extremely tense and solemn again, and no one knew who would be eaten next.
No one dared to make a sound for fear of being targeted by Big Mouth.
Fortunately, after eating the second person, the bloody mouth disappeared.
The two feet on the ground started to move, jumping and jumping towards the front door of the apartment with cheerful steps.
Soon, it disappeared into the black mist.
Only two lines of bloody footprints were left on the ground.
"You saw it too, right?"
Dongluo looked back at the frogman, "This means that the scenes in the apartment can be broadcast live, but they cannot be seen by others. Otherwise, the death rule will be triggered.
At the same time, the people responsible for recording and those of us who only heard the situation inside were not killed, which means that it is safe to just listen to the live broadcast without seeing the picture."
To put it this way, in fact, everyone at the scene just now experienced a trial and error crisis——
If the live voice broadcast of the death row inmate allows the listener to trigger the rules, then everyone here will probably be eaten by the big mouth.
Although this possibility does not seem very high, there is still a chance of it happening.
Thinking of this, everyone present could not help but break into a cold sweat.
"Hey," the frogman said, "you guys, why are you doing experiments on so many of us?"
"take it easy,"
Dongluo remained calm, "I have contacted Dongdu. Similar experiments have been done in Dongdu's special investigation class, so it means that someone has passed by before, but there was no recorder at that time. Moreover, I am also here with
You guys are listening to the live broadcast together, I won’t make fun of my own life, right?”
"Is it necessary to repeat the experiments that have been done?"
"Let's see if the weird rules have been completed or upgraded," Dongluo said: "It's worth sacrificing only one death row prisoner to confirm again."
"you……"
"You are an investigator who has experienced many weird events," Dongluo said, "You can't always make such a fuss, right?"
The frogman was choked by him and said after a while: "What about the policeman who was eaten just now?"
"I have paid attention to him," Dong Luo said: "When I was listening to the live broadcast just now, he peeked at the screen on the console. He probably saw the scene in the room... He ignored my previous warning and died unjustly."
"You will die if you see the scene."
Dong Luo said to the staff member of the Bizarre Investigation Section who was responsible for recording: "Write this down and note: This rule has been determined before and has not yet been upgraded. It remains to be seen."
"What are you going to do next?" the frogman asked him.
"Continue trial and error," Dong Luo said: "Bindfold the eyes of Death Row Prisoner No. 2, give him a guide device, a camera, an artificial intelligence live broadcast device, a microphone, and simultaneous sound transmission, and go into the apartment to see what will happen.
result."
Death row inmate No. 2, who was waiting nearby, fainted immediately.
"Find a way to wake him up." Dongluo said: "By the way, the blind guide equipped for him must be set accurately to avoid bloody footprints on the ground..."
The three of them, Gu Xing and others, have truly seen the normal template for weird investigators to deal with weird incidents.
According to the frogmen, this is how the Oddity Investigation Section carries out investigation and restriction work in most places across the country.
If there is an emergency, everyone may be used by investigators as trial and error personnel.
Especially when faced with the horrific and grotesque form of indiscriminate killing, mastering and understanding its rules is almost a matter of human lives.
After a while, Death Row Prisoner No. 2 was covered with various devices and his eyes were completely blindfolded. He walked toward the main entrance of the Nara Apartment under the guidance of the guide device.
His steps were very slow. That was because he had been injected with a large amount of sedatives. Injecting so much at one time would inevitably cause symptoms such as numbness and unresponsiveness, and would leave lifelong sequelae. However, as expendable personnel, there is no need for death row inmates to
Worry about this.
In the apartment building, horrifying screams were heard from time to time. It proved that there were indeed many survivors inside, but they seemed to be in danger.
Several police telephones at the Jing'an Police Department kept receiving calls from survivors, and almost every caller sounded extremely panicked.
According to the notice from the Bizarre Investigation Section, the operator told everyone who called the police to stay calm, stay in your room, try not to open your eyes, and don't move around casually. Police rescue forces will arrive soon.
But in fact, Dongluo has no plans to arrange a rescue for the time being. The entry of the death row prisoner into the apartment is just an attempt by him to figure out the weird rules.
As for rescue, we can only wait for the Beihai investigator who will arrive at some unknown time.
In fact, in the weird information database, there are a lot of rules and information about Nobuhiko Kumada that he has figured out. For example, you can't see Nobuhiko Kumada with your eyes, you can't step on Nobuhiko Kumada's footprints, you can't just walk out of the room, etc.
There are many more, but these rules are useless even if they are told to ordinary people in the apartment.
Facing the grotesque, most people's sanity will plummet, and they are completely unable to solve problems rationally and look for loopholes in the rules.
It is also unrealistic for the grotesque investigators to go directly into the black mist to rescue people. The chance of being killed by the grotesques is too high.
"I think,"
Not far behind Dongluo, Gu Xing secretly communicated with Xiaodong, "I can try to contain this Kumada Nobuhiko."
[Actually, you want to try to rescue the survivors in the apartment]
"Um."
[Do you want to save even these urban white-collar workers who are richer than you? I thought you only care about the poor people who live in the basement with you and live a hard life]
"What is this nonsense,"
Gu Xing looked at the apartment building, "In my opinion, as long as someone makes money with his own wisdom and hands in an upright and aboveboard manner, whether it is to support his family or to realize his own value, he is worthy of respect.
It would be fine if I had no ability at all. Since I have the ability to save someone, why not give it a try?"
[Hmm... Your original goal is to punish evil and promote good. Does weirdness count as evil? 】
"The grotesques that kill innocents indiscriminately are evil," Gu Xing said: "The grotesques kill innocents indiscriminately, so I will deal with the grotesques. If the evildoers do evil, I will deal with the evildoers.
Now that we have embarked on this road of no return, just act according to the justice in my heart and I will never regret it."
[However, the other party is a C-level grotesque. Logically speaking, among the grotesques in your house, only grandma can fight against it. But for now, you can't control grandma's behavior]
Gu Xing thought for a while... Among the monsters he can currently control, Eijiro's level is not high enough, and Kita Yosuke is not a monster with strong rules...
Dusk Crow, Dusk Crow can be tried. Although its level of weirdness is not high, it is flexible and convenient to move, and it can also broadcast live from a long distance. According to the results of the trial and error just now, text live broadcast can circumvent the lock of Kumada Nobuhiko's rules.
There are also early benefits.
Although Zaoe, like Grandma Satomi, is a grotesque person described by Gu Xing, it stands to reason that she is not directly controlled by Gu Xing.
But before, Gu Xing had communicated with Xiaodong. To a certain extent, Gu Xing could borrow Zao Hui's rules... This was probably related to Zao Hui's special affection for Gu Xing.
However, the rules level of Zaoe is not high enough.
"Where's Fujino?"
Gu Xing said: "I remember that after taking in Eijiro Kita, Fujino's weird rules seemed to have improved a lot, right?"
[The highest level rule - knocking on the door, has been upgraded from D to D+, but Kumada Nobuhiko is also a grotesque humanoid, and is still C-level. Fujino seems to have no advantage against him]
“What if Fujino’s rule triggers first?”
[You mean, Fujino knocked on Kumada Nobuhiko’s door first? Well...if Fujino’s rules are triggered first, there is still a chance. But, how do you guarantee that Kumada Nobuhiko will stay in the room? 】
"You can think of a solution. As long as you use your brain, there are always more solutions than problems."
Gu Xing said: "We can consider letting the Dark Crow participate, and add both rules to Kumada Nobuhiko at the same time to see if it works. If I remember correctly, you once told me that if Fujino is solved by other monsters, I
You can redeem him by paying your lifespan, right? Moreover, you can also take this opportunity to complete the rules."
[That's what I said. However, I want to remind you - after the monster you contained is solved, each redemption will cost you more life than before. One day, it will reach the point where you can't afford it at all.
.So, it’s better not to let Fujino be dealt with easily as much as possible]
Got it. Then make the battle plan more detailed and cautious.
Gu Xing has heard a lot of relevant information about Kumada Nobuhiko from the frogmen. He plans to encourage the gossip prince Anda to have a chat with him again to get as many details as possible, which will help him complete the battle plan.
More comprehensive.
"Anda-kun."
Gu Xing moved closer to Anda.
"What?" Anda subconsciously protected her nose: "I don't have any left at all. You don't want me to bleed from my nose to death, do you?"
"you say,"
Gu Xing said: "Did the death row prisoner just see Nobuhiko Kumada? Did he die because he entered the room, or because he saw Nobuhiko Kumada, or..."
"You successfully aroused my curiosity..."
Soon, the roar of a helicopter came from mid-air.
Soon, the helicopter arrived near the command site and levitated in mid-air.
A long ladder was thrown down from above, and a figure climbed down from the ladder neatly.
"This is..." Anda asked.
"Is it what Lord Frogman just said," the Holy Son guessed: "That weird investigator from Beihai Police Headquarters?"
"It should be," the frogman said, "Anyway, that big thing in the sky is a helicopter commonly used by the National Oddity Investigation Section."
This was the first time that Gu Xing saw a weird investigator who didn't jump directly from a helicopter, but climbed down from a ladder.
After the investigator landed, he hurried over to the frogman.
She was wearing wireless headphones, a pair of sunglasses, and short, slightly brown hair.
Except for the eyes that cannot be seen clearly behind sunglasses, the rest of the facial features are very delicate.
Especially her nose, which is very pretty. When people cast their eyes on her face, the first thing they notice must be her rare and beautiful nose.
The investigator put his hands in his pockets and seemed to be chewing gum in his mouth. He looked cool and neutral, but also exuded a natural feminine flavor.
Walking up to the crowd, she took off one of her earphones and said:
"Hello, my name is Hitoko Obayashi. I am a weird investigator from the Special Investigation Section of the BH City Police Headquarters."