Chapter 233 Lao Ke, are you the mastermind behind this?
Hearing that there were a large number of ambushes on the first and second floors, Luo Chu suddenly felt his scalp numb.
No wonder the road is unobstructed up and down. Ganqing deliberately created this illusion of ease and arranged a deadly ambush on the two lowest floors.
In other words, Jiang Yue's previous guess was completely correct. Ever since they entered the building, they had no intention of letting them out.
Luo Chu, in turn, wrote on Jiang Yue's hand: "How to break it?"
“To capture the thief, capture the king first.”
Jiang Yue patted the back of Luo Chu's hand, signaling not to talk for the time being. He lit the fire again and lit Luo Chu's remaining torch.
“Luo Chu, Mr. Ke is missing. There are only a few torches left, so we should use them sparingly. It looks like we have to stay up until dawn tomorrow at least to have any hope.”
“Just these few torches, are they enough?” Luo Chu knew that Jiang Yue spoke deliberately, and there must be a reason for it, so he immediately followed his tone.
“So use it sparingly and put it out when not in use.”
“Walking around like this is not an option, Xiao Jiang, we have to find a way. If the child comes back on Friday, he should be there by this time!”
Jiang Yue sighed: "I hope he doesn't come back tonight!"
The two of them talked at a normal speaking speed and volume, which didn’t sound artificial or fake.
Jiang Yue was actually worried that the young man would come back at this point, but he really had no choice at the moment. It was obviously unrealistic to go to the first floor to intercept him.
With the ambush on the first floor, the two of them could be piled up to death.
Let alone Luo Chu, even if Jiang Yue goes alone and has nothing to worry about, he doesn't dare to say that he will definitely be able to get out.
The two of them walked out of the apartment and returned to the corridor.
Luo Chu asked again: "What should we do now? Find a safe place to hide?"
“Safety? This whole building is under the surveillance of the other party. It’s really hard to say where it is absolutely safe. However, Mr. Ke and the old director have disappeared strangely. Maybe you can consider looking for them first?”
Looking for Mr. Ke?
Luo Chu was a little surprised. Based on Jiang Yue's attitude towards Mr. Ke, he obviously didn't care much about the other person's life or death. At this time, he proposed to go to Mr. Ke, but it was obviously just lip service.
However, Luo Chu understood the idea and nodded: "Lao Ke came with us after all. It really makes no sense not to look for him."
Ke disappeared on the 18th floor.
To find him, you have to start from the 18th floor.
Just as Luo Chu guessed, going upstairs was smooth. Except for the power outage, it seemed that the building had really returned to normal.
The ghosts have also gone dormant, the evil spirits have left, and the bad guys have also fallen asleep?
However, Luo Chu felt increasingly unsure.
This kind of calmness was weird. The calmer it was, the more uneasy Luo Chu felt.
Occasionally, Luo Chu feels that it is more normal for some harassment and mischief.
Reaching the eighteenth floor in a blink of an eye, Jiang Yue and Luo Chu arrived at Apartment No. 1811 again.
The lock on the security door has broken, so there is no need to close the door. It can simply be left open to maintain a consistent view of the inside and outside.
The remaining torch in Luo Chu's hand will also burn to the end. Seeing that the firelight is getting darker and darker, he is considering whether to replace it with a new one.
At this moment, there was a bang outside the corridor, as if something fell heavily.
Almost at the same time, there was an exclamation of ah.
The voice sounded like it was Mr. Ke.
“Oh, what a fool I am, you’re going to kill me!”
As expected, it was Mr. Ke’s voice, grunting, as if he had fallen somewhere.
Luo Chu looked towards Jiang Yue in surprise.
Jiang Yue nodded slightly as if he had expected it.
This made Luo Chu feel incredible. He said he was looking for Mr. Ke, but Jiang Yue actually came directly to Apartment 1811 to wait? Did he expect that Mr. Ke would show up at this time?
Or is this all just a coincidence?
But Luo Chu didn’t ask.
The silence speaks.
While Luo Chu was thinking, Jiang Yue had already stood up from the sofa, rushed out of the room, and rushed to the corridor.
“Lao Ke?”
When Mr. Ke heard Jiang Yue's voice, he was immediately overjoyed: "It's me, it's me! Haven't you left yet? Great, damn, I'm already dead this time!"
“You’re still yelling? Do you think you can’t die quickly enough?” Jiang Yue scolded.
Mr. Ke had already gotten up from the ground with a groan and kept rubbing his butt. Obviously, the bang just now was indeed him falling down.
Looks like he fell from the ceiling?
The approximate location is actually the area where he disappeared previously.
Luo Chu held up the torch in surprise, looked up and down, and couldn't help but ask: "Old Ke, didn't you fall from the ceiling?"
Mr. Ke said depressedly: "Do you believe it or not? It's really a ghost. I'm hanging from the ceiling. I keep seeing you walking around here. Why don't you save me?"
Luo Chu was surprised and said: "Impossible! We heard your screams for help before. The sound was getting farther and farther away and was not here at all."
"What the hell? I've been at the top the whole time and haven't moved! And I can always see you, as you go up and down the stairs. By the way, I've seen people come and heard gunshots. You're okay.
Bar?"
Jiang Yue said: "Okay, don't be busy talking about this now. These are all opponents' tricks. What you hear and see may not be true. Just be fine."
“I’m not saying it’s okay...” Mr. Ke couldn’t help rubbing his butt and limping.
“It’s better if you’re not dead.”
Jiang Yue rolled his eyes and said.
Mr. Ke was depressed and said awkwardly: "Have you found a way out?"
"The way out is this corridor, but we always felt that there was something wrong with this ghost building, so we didn't go down to the bottom floor. We can think with our toes that the other party will definitely not let us leave easily."
Mr. Ke muttered: "So this is still your guess. If you don't go down, how do you know you can't leave? You will know after you try it!"
"If you want to try, go ahead and try. Let's continue to divide the troops into two groups. You go down and try, and we'll look for it again?" Jiang Yue looked at Mr. Ke with a half-smile but not a smile.
Mr. Ke shrank his head and asked him to act alone, even if he was beaten to death.
“Forget it, we have come all the way, we still have to go all the way. It’s impossible to fight alone!”
The words "fear of death" were spoken so clearly, Luo Chu was secretly amused.
“Lao Ke, where is your torch?”
Mr. Ke touched his back and found nothing.
“Damn it, it’s gone!”
Mr. Ke cursed after feeling empty. He suddenly remembered something and lowered his voice: "By the way, I remembered something. I was hanging from the ceiling just now, and I seemed to see Old Dong passing by this floor."
"you sure?"
"I shouldn't be mistaken. It's Lao Dong. This grandson was all pretending before. I saw that he moved freely and his hands and feet were light. He didn't look like the coward before. I dare say that this kid must be the same as the one behind the scenes.
The black hand is related. It is very likely that he is the mastermind behind it!"
Jiang Yue and Luo Chu looked at each other with a little surprise in their eyes.
Lao Dong?
Judging from the fact that he is so sick and could die at any time if a gust of wind blows over him, can he be the mastermind behind the scenes?
“There is no basis for what I say. I also said that you might be the mastermind behind the scenes! Lao Ke, who knows if this is your plan?” Jiang Yue suddenly asked coldly.
“Me?” Mr. Ke’s expression changed, “I am also a victim, am I planning the plan? I came with you, okay?”
“Just because you come with us, doesn’t it mean you can’t make plans?”
“How to announce it? I didn’t know it beforehand? Did I know that you were coming to my company to find me? Did you know that you were going to find clues about the old director from me?”
"These can be accidental, and it does not affect the inference that you are the mastermind behind the scenes. Do you think we didn't ask you to come with us at first, but you took the initiative to take us to find the old director, right? You took us several times
Finally, when it was getting late, we were brought to the Yinyuan Apartment. After we came up for the first time, we had already gone downstairs. If you said you saw the old Dong appearing by the window, was that you?"
Jiang Yue said this casually, which made Luo Chu's heart skip a beat.
This analysis does make some sense.
Thinking about it now, except for the two of them taking the initiative to approach Mr. Ke, everything that happened later seemed to be initiated by Mr. Ke on his own initiative.
Isn't this guy really the mastermind behind the scenes?
This is so crazy to pretend to be, but so stupid to sell!
Ke concluded and stammered: "Luo Chu, you don't believe his nonsense, do you? If I were a gangster, why on earth would I have suffered so much? Why would I still come to find you?"
“There is a plan, and it’s the bitter meat plan.” Jiang Yue said calmly.
“Look, along the way, you’ve been acting crazy time and time again, and the other side has had countless opportunities to kill you. Why have you been so peaceful until now? How come you’re still able to join us?”
Mr. Ke quipped: "Didn't you say that I was a pig teammate before? Maybe the other party is counting on me, a pig teammate, to hold you back?"
“So you’re really not the one behind the scenes?”
"No, how the hell could I be! I swear on the name of my wife, children, and children, if I am the mastermind behind this, our whole family will die. Is this okay?"
Mr. Ke was probably in a hurry, and he even used curses and oaths. Moreover, he did so in the name of the whole family, which made Jiang Yue feel a little embarrassed to say anything.
“Forget it, Xiao Jiang, now is not the time to be suspicious. I think it’s unlikely that Lao Ke is the mastermind behind this.” Luo Chu tried to smooth things over.
Jiang Yue had no expression on his face and nodded.
“Let’s go.”
Mr. Ke grunted as if he was angry: "You guys can't even notice if someone takes me away while I'm walking. This time, I'll either go in front or I'll go in the back."
“Then you go to the front.” Jiang Yue said calmly.
Mr. Ke was stunned and immediately wanted to regret it. But under Jiang Yue's sharp gaze, he still shut up and said angrily: "Just walk in front, what am I afraid of?"
“Give me the torch!”
When you go ahead, you naturally need to hold a torch.
Luo Chu handed the torch to Mr. Ke.
“Where to go?” Mr. Ke asked loudly, as if to embolden himself.
“Go to the top floor and have a look.”
“Go to the top floor?” Mr. Ke paused and looked a little weird.
“What? The top floor is high and you can see far. Maybe you can find a way to leave?”
“What can I do from the top floor? Can I still jump from the 30th floor?”
Jiang Yue smiled, he could really jump off the 30th floor. But this place is so weird, whether he can be allowed to jump is a question.
“Are you scared?” Jiang Yue asked with a smile.
"Afraid! But I'm just thinking about it. The most I can do is die. Just die. If you dare to go, what can I not dare to do?"
It seems that Mr. Ke is indeed angry with Jiang Yue.
"It's normal for people who have died before not to be afraid of death." Jiang Yue suddenly said inexplicably.
Mr. Ke trembled slightly: "What did you say?"
“Didn’t I make it clear enough? People who have died, why should they be afraid of death? Have you ever seen a dead person who is afraid of death?”
“Boy, what on earth do you want to say?”
“Mr. Ke, why do I think you look nervous?” Jiang Yue asked.
“You’re so nervous, why are you criticizing Sang and Huai? Don’t think I don’t know you’re targeting me.”
"It seems that you are not stupid. Until you are cleared of suspicion, I still insist that you are the mastermind behind this. So, this is a reasonable suspicion. Don't beep with me unless you show actual actions to prove it.
"
“Okay, I will prove it to you!”
Mr. Ke said and walked upstairs angrily.
Luo Chu looked a little stupid.
He was really a little confused at the moment. He didn't know whether Jiang Yue really suspected Mr. Ke, or was he deliberately creating the illusion of internal strife to confuse the ghosts who might be lurking in the dark?
Every time you go up a floor, you still have to follow the old rules and search the corridor.
After a while, we arrived at the 30th floor.
Mr. Ke took the lead and was about to patrol the corridor according to the old rules when Jiang Yue said: "No need to go around, it's right here."
Jiang Yue stopped at the door of an apartment.
“Mr. Ke, what do you want to say about this apartment?”
Mr. Ke's expression suddenly changed and he hissed: "Are you sick? What are you doing against me?"
"You just came out of this place, don't you want to say a few words? The wound on your body is still bleeding, right? Look, the blood has seeped to the ground."
Mr. Ke looked down subconsciously, but there was no blood anywhere?
He immediately realized that he had been tricked by Jiang Yue.
With a roar, the torch hit Jiang Yue's face.
Jiang Yue caught the kick and kicked Mr. Ke in the chest. Mr. Ke flew backwards.
But the next moment, Mr. Ke's body jumped up like a spring, approaching step by step. His face, which was still flushed, turned blue and black in a second, as if it was dyed.
Terrible and terrifying.
Strange black lines appeared on the cheeks of the green-black haired girl, which continued to expand and break.
And the clothes on his body were inflating like an inflated balloon.
This strange change made Deluo Chu's complexion change drastically.
Poof!
All the clothes on Mr. Ke's body exploded, and he was completely naked. His whole body seemed to have been catalyzed, and he had at least grown to over two meters tall.
The muscles all over his body are bulging and the lines are scary, like a devilish muscular man.
It's just that the outer layer of the muscle is covered with centipede-like wounds, and there are signs of stitches on them.
It looks like countless pieces of body tissue have been sewn together with needles and threads to form such a weird muscular man!
“Luo Chu, take it easy!”
As Jiang Yue spoke, he flew up and punched the opponent's temple with his left hand.
The mutated version of "Mr. Ke" looked up to the sky and roared like a tiger. He waved his thick arms like mechanical arms and punched out directly towards the oncoming Jiang Yue.
Jiang Yue seemed to have expected it. His body suddenly slipped like a loach, passing under his armpits, and his legs were wrapped around Mr. Ke's waist.
The torch in his right hand was inserted into Mr. Ke's open mouth with great precision.
This poke actually hit the throat directly, causing a real deep throat.