0009 Chapter 1: Confessions of the Dead (Section 3)
A girl with long straight black hair, wearing a light and fluttering robe, was sitting in the corner opposite the secret door. Her arms were supported on the ground, and her legs were stretched forward. It was clear that there was something unnatural about it, but the posture was just so.
People feel very awkward.
Her head tilted forward slightly, and under her eyes hidden by the hair curtain was a wicked smile that almost reached her ears.
Although she is incredibly young, what made Zhen Cheng famous today was indeed a series of cruel and strange murder cases. She has seen many scenes that are more eye-catching than this one, but she has never experienced the moment like that just now.
Feeling of uneasiness.
Thinking secretly in his heart, Zhen Cheng realized that his panic came from the similarity between the girl sitting against the wall and himself.
The moment he saw the girl in the corner whose clothes, hairstyle and height were almost the same as his own, Zhen Cheng even subconsciously shook the Scarry family's confidence that they would never attack her in the game.
When it comes to matters in the mysterious realm, a dead person, a doll, or even a living person who is highly similar to oneself can involve too many bad possibilities.
But she was a professional after all. After taking two deep breaths, she quickly turned on the flashlight of her mobile phone and began to inspect the scene. Although the time was limited, the scene in front of her must be directly related to the important victory condition of the game "deducing the true course of past events".
Worth her time to check.
In the worst case, the destruction of the scene can effectively interfere with the judgment of other detective competitors in restoring the truth.
In the rules of the game announced after the dinner, Zhen Cheng, who plays the role of [victim], has only two ways to become the final winner:
The first is to completely subvert the reproduction of history in the venue, and survive as the [victim] until the end. Intuitively, in the simplest case, she only needs to mislead the only murderer of the [victim] into thinking that she is herself.
It doesn't mean that the murderer can survive and pass the level.
However, don’t think too much, this must be an extremely difficult road. Considering the purpose of the organizer, it is probably not feasible to try to rely on physical strength to fly a kite in a mansion without being caught, or to hide it in a place where no one can find it except yourself.
Reality.
Even if you are lucky enough to beat several other famous detectives, this will probably lead to covert intervention by the organizer.
Of course, based on Zhen Cheng’s understanding of the Scarry family, there is a high probability that they will not do anything embarrassing in a fair and high-end competition. This means that there is a hidden way to survive and win in the rules of the game.
A mystery that is currently unfathomable.
The other path is to "prevent all other characters from winning." This method seems equally difficult, as it seems to require one against five, but if you think about it carefully, there are many hidden advantages.
As far as Zhen Cheng knows, the victory conditions for the other characters include "correctly reenacting the history of the character's identity" and "giving correct reasoning." This means that, except for the [victim] who wants to survive,
, other identity characters who are competitors to each other will also hinder each other.
But this created a paradox, that is, the other four characters correctly chose not to kill her and successfully played their roles in the historical behavior, and she also successfully survived until the end without telling the killer, except for the real murderer.
It’s equivalent to meeting all the victory conditions, so who will get the only golden mask?
Therefore, to be on the safe side, Zhen Cheng believes that only by ensuring that every competitor's restoration of history is destroyed can he be 100% sure of getting his target prize.
And this choice also brings a benefit, that is, if she is accidentally killed by someone else before the real murderer appears or takes action, then even if she has been "killed", she still has the opportunity to deviate from history by misleading everyone.
And victory.
What is more confusing is that the organizer did not specify whether the player must leave the game venue once the [victim] is killed by a certain character, or worse yet - he can only lie motionless on the ground to pretend to be the corpse.
After withdrawing his thoughts and looking again, Zhen Cheng's worries gradually calmed down. The girl sitting in the corner of the secret room was obviously not him.
Under the specially customized mobile phone search light, it can be clearly seen that the blood-stained robe on the girl is a kimono decorated with cherry blossom patterns, not the elegant Hanfu worn by Zhen Cheng that suits her status. In addition, lift up
You can also see from the hair curtain that the girl's face is very different from mine.
Although they all have a yellow appearance, the girl in the corner is wearing eyebrow makeup that was popular in the Tang Dynasty and the Heian period. It is a special makeup in which the eyebrows are shaved off and two commas are drawn with a pen.
The rest of the facial features were not easy to deduce. Because she lifted her hair and observed, Zhen Cheng discovered that the eyes of the girl in the corner were sewn shut, and there were obvious stitches on her eyelids.
And her abnormal-looking smile was also caused by the corners of her mouth being cut open and then pierced with fish hooks and hung by her ears.
However, upon closer inspection, Zhen Cheng soon made a new discovery - the girl sitting in the corner did not seem to be a living person.
Well, this sounds like nonsense. Anyone who is tortured into this state will probably not survive. In fact, what Zhen Cheng discovered was that the entire girl's body was not a human being, but a highly simulated doll model.
Don't question Zhen Cheng's observation skills, although this is not her strong point among top detectives. The financial resources, black technology beyond the times and even more difficult-to-understand mysterious powers controlled by the Scarry family are unimaginable by ordinary people.
Although in order to "reproduce history" the organizer may not necessarily capture and kill an innocent passerby to serve as a set at the venue, but it is highly possible to create a highly realistic puppet set.
The doll's limbs were not connected to the body, but were cut off and put back together, resulting in Zhen Cheng's sitting posture that seemed very awkward at first glance. The broken parts were blurred with blood and flesh and it was difficult to distinguish. After his own inference, Zhen Cheng popped out.
The knife on the phone case tried to pierce the skin on the doll's calf.
The doll's skin is delicate and warm to the touch, resembling a recently deceased corpse. However, what was soaked in blood at the wound after the knife was cut was not skin and muscle tissue, but some kind of special silicone material, which finally confirmed that
Zhen Cheng’s inference.
Putting the mobile phone accessories back in place, Zhen Cheng laughed self-deprecatingly: "So, if history repeats itself, this is what will happen to me next, right?"
Looking at the somewhat miserable girl doll with a smile, Zhen Cheng hesitated several times and finally decided to spend the time before the second contestant entered the stage destroying this key prop instead of exploring more rooms.
She has explored many rooms, and does not think that there may be secret rooms in the mansion that are easier to find. Moreover, her actions may also bring some unexpected gains to the judgment of those who come after her...