The black teaching building looks like a standing sleeping giant elephant, carrying on its back the half-waning moon under the dark clouds. Occasionally, noise echoes in the empty and silent campus.
On the Porsche 911, Mandy, who was huddled up in the passenger seat, took a sip of coffee, bent her legs and stepped on the leather seats under her feet, staring straight at the dimly lit students under the street lights outside the car window.
From an angle, the teaching building, library and music building in the distance almost formed a line, and the road she was squatting on was the only way to enter any building.
The time now is twelve o'clock sharp. If there is any secret society or cult ritual gathering tonight, then this time is just right and satisfies all evil notions of time.
And it turned out that Mandy's guess was right. She suddenly coughed while drinking coffee, put down the coffee cup, wiped the corners of her mouth, lowered her voice, and looked at a cobblestone path leading to the woods in the distance, which was on the avenue.
There is a fork in the road, and you can walk into the library through a small path. If you don't look carefully, it is easy to ignore this deep path.
"Is that... a transfer student?" Mandy squinted her eyes. Her eyesight was very good. Even at night, she could clearly see things a hundred meters away. Although she didn't see the faces of people passing by on the path, she could still see them.
But he definitely saw the other person's hair color...a striking dark red color that was particularly dazzling under the street lights.
There is only one person in this school with this highly recognizable hair, and that is the transfer student girl who talked to Mandy during the day, Chen Motong.
"Is she really involved in this matter? What are these transfer students?" Mandy frowned slightly. Although she didn't see the two chatting outside the bathroom during the day, she heard each other's names. Su
Akane and Veleva... She asked the first-year students and found out that these two were actually transfer students.
This group of transfer students are investigating the murderers of the two previous cases? Why? It can't be that they are interns from a detective agency next door, and a group of people come together to see who can solve the case faster?
It’s quite outrageous.
Mandy shook her head and gently placed the coffee cup in the groove. She gently opened the car door and slipped out. She hunched over and trotted in the dark to catch up with Chen Motong who walked into the path.
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After entering the teaching building, Mandy was lost all of a sudden... Damn it, did Chen Motong really make no sound when he walked? When the other person entered the teaching building with his front foot, she couldn't find him at all when he followed with his back foot. The footsteps were completely silent.
Not at all. After entering the teaching building, the entire corridor and stairs were as quiet as death, with no noise at all.
Even Mandy couldn't help but walk more slowly, and groped from the first floor of the teaching building, stopping in front of each classroom for a while before leaving, and even poked her head into the men's and women's toilets - who said
Can’t cults hold meetings in toilets? Maybe they can use excrement to paint Satanic symbols on the walls.
After searching all the way to the third floor of the teaching building, Mandy finally heard some subtle noises coming from the lecture theater. She sneaked over silently without making any waves. If this scene was recorded
If she replayed it, she probably wouldn't even believe that she could actually perform such a perfect stealth action. She was like a female leopard hunting in the dark. Every line of her body was stuck in the darkness and was difficult to distinguish.
.
“Already... three... cut off... go back..."
As she approached the lecture theater, Mandy could vaguely hear some movement from behind the door. The further away from the door, the quieter she could hear the sounds clearly. It wasn't until she boldly squatted beside the door that she could fully hear what was inside.
conversation, but she was still not satisfied with this. She actually straightened up and tried to see clearly what was going on inside from the corner of the window curtain.
In the dimly lit lecture hall, there were no lights or candles, only the windows on the inside of the classroom opened the curtains, and the frost-like moonlight from outside shone in and fell on the faces of everyone in the classroom.
When she saw the people gathered in the classroom clearly, Mandy couldn't help but hold her breath, and her eyes were fixed on the podium of the lecture theater.
There, the blond boy with silver frost sat on the podium, with his hands in his pockets and looking at everyone in the audience, his eyes reflected the frosty moonlight.
Mandy knew this boy, Caesar Gattuso, one of the transfer students. In just half a day, the entire grade knew his name, and he got into a good position in the fraternity. This changed
Any new life is an impossible feat.
Usually Caesar Gattuso looks like a friendly and warm boy, but now the aura of the blond boy in the lecture theater is so oppressive that it makes people breathless, and the sea blue eyes are no longer as usual.
Softness was replaced by efficient coldness and determination, and the blue moon in his eyes was so cold that it made people's hearts tremble.
Sitting in the front row of the lecture theater were transfer students Chu Zihang and Chen Motong, whom Mandy also knew. After that, a group of strangers to Mandy were sitting in the lecture theater... But if she remembered correctly,
If so, these people are all transfer students!
Nowadays, everyone's face covered with moonlight has a solemnity that she can't understand. The suffocating aura and atmosphere are completely inconsistent with this college, making people feel that they should not be here at all.
people!
“Two of the three commissioners who were ‘cut off’ are our people.”
Caesar on the podium spoke, "There is another person from the Lionheart Club. In terms of bloodline, without any prejudice, the Lionheart Club is generally higher. This is an irrefutable fact. So the next task
I suggest that the intelligence be gathered to the Lion Heart Club, and the student union will carry out supporting work to complete the arrest of the murderer."
Chu Zihang, who was in the first row of the classroom, folded his hands together and nodded slightly in recognition of Caesar's words, "We don't have reliable information about the murderer yet. The bait has been thrown out, but the murderer doesn't seem to want to bite the bait.
"
"The Enforcement Department provided us with a photo of the murderer, but our people searched the entire school and asked many people, but no one said they had seen this person." Lancelot on the other side of Chu Zihang whispered,
"Did we make a mistake in the search scope? Maybe the other party is really not in this university?"
"It's unlikely." Chen Motong spoke, shaking his head and saying, "A murderer created such a paradise, and the only way to enjoy it is to quietly observe all developments and trends in the paradise from a relatively perfect position.
"
“Are you sure?” Susie asked from the row behind Lancelot.
"I conducted a profile of the entire town of Carmel." Chen Motong said, "I conducted a profile from the perspective of the Creator... It turns out that this university gave me the strongest intuition. If somehow
There is a script, and that script revolves around this university."
"Is the stage of the script an American university in 1984? 'Crystal Lake Murder' or 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?" A boy at the back of the classroom sighed, "The scope is too large, and it will be difficult to find the murderer.
..We really don’t have much time.”
"If you can't hold on, don't force it. If you feel the unbearable violent rejection, just 'cut off' and escape." Caesar raised his head and glanced at everyone, "Staying here requires very high bloodline. This is an undoubted fact.
Even I often feel uncontrollable cranial nerve pain... No one knows what will happen if I really die here."
"I have an idea, or a guess." Chu Zihang spoke, looking up at Caesar, "I have made several attempts in the past two days... It seems that I am saying 'sensitive words' and '
Sensitive information', the world's sense of rejection will increase relatively much, and I think other people should also be aware of this."
"These are the rules of the game." Caesar pressed his temple with one hand and agreed. "The murderer doesn't want us to expose the truth. We are struggling here. The incident with instructor Frank is still fresh in our minds, and yesterday's incident with Amara is another
It gave us a reminder... If we, without blood, talk nonsense here, we might really die... Now please share the information."
Everyone in the lecture theater nodded silently, and began to raise their hands one after another to explain some things, and these things were all related to Carmel College, ranging from the personal information of the top ten students on the transcript to the college.
Past history and some rumors and legends...Some people even dug up the dean's three lovers and analyzed their identities and family backgrounds in detail.
But Mandy outside the classroom was tensed up. Are these people really students? Why are they investigating these things? Moreover, they seem to really know about Amara, and they also know some things that she does not know.
The inside story... What are the identities of these guys who look like transfer students, and what purpose do they come here for?!
"There is very little information. It's only the second day, but we still have to hurry up and quickly investigate the suspicious people in this university to find out whether there are enough rumors, college legends, etc. to raise suspicion. We have to seize every clue.
, finding the murderer will solve all this." After the summary, Caesar clapped his hands and said.
Everyone in the classroom had expressions of regret on their faces. They had only been here for one day, and they really didn't have much time to collect intelligence... Without Norma's support, it might be more efficient to let the paparazzi group do it.
..But the people in the paparazzi department seem to be generally of low blood, right? Letting them come here is tantamount to death.
"Then we still need to continue trying to awaken their memories?" Chen Motong suddenly raised his head and said, "Actually, I encountered a special case here that is a bit strange, and it feels like a breakthrough for me."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the lecture hall became slightly excited and looked at Chen Motong, who looked calm. Caesar was also slightly stunned and asked subconsciously, "Who have you been in contact with recently?"
“Mandy Gonzalez.” Chen Motong said, “This name should be familiar to you.”
Chu Zihang raised his head, and a glimmer of understanding flashed across the eyes of the others... This name was indeed familiar to them. They had heard it directly or indirectly in just one day at this school. Likewise,
Yes, this girl used to be a member of Kassel College just like them.
"Well-known among students and professors at Carmel University, prom queen, beauty pageant candidate, chess champion, full scholarship recipient... I often think, if this was a movie, she would probably
She is the heroine in the movie, right?" Chen Motong said, "Coincidentally, she seems to be a member of Kassel College. Are any of you familiar with her in reality?"
Everyone looked at each other, Mandy Gonzalez? It seems that she has heard this name... It seems that she has completed some tasks and received an award? But have you seen it specifically... Whether she is a freshman or a senior
No one spoke.
"She seems to be a cadre of our student union? She is a senior and got involved in this incident during her internship." Caesar naturally knows Mandy Gonzalez, and she just talked to her yesterday... But this is
It's just at Carmel College, not Kassel College.
He used to stay up late and memorize the list of all the members of the student union, so he only slightly remembered that he knew that there was such a person, but that was only because he didn't even meet this Mandy Gonzalez face to face in Cassel College.
Conversed once.
But then someone raised his hand and said, "I think I know her."
The person who raised his hand was Chu Zihang. Everyone in the classroom looked at him. Even Mandy outside the window looked at him. Everyone's face was full of astonishment.
“Do you know her?” Chen Motong looked down at Chu Zihang and asked.
“Her tutor is Professor Manstein, and Lin Nian is also a student of Manstein.” Chu Zihang said.
Everyone's faces were filled with surprise. They all knew that Chu Zihang had a good personal relationship with the 'S' class, and the 'S' class had a good relationship with Gonzalez, so it didn't seem to matter that Chu Zihang was also familiar with this person.
It's weird.
"She reacted to what Amala met last night." Chen Motong further said, "I used profiling techniques to guide her to clearly describe the appearance of the monster, and after that she showed considerable
I felt uncomfortable and excused myself to go to the bathroom.”
"The three of us have more or less tested her, and her reaction is similar to that of others." Chen Motong played with the ballpoint pen in his hand and said while thinking, "But what's interesting is, have you found out?
One detail... Most of the students and teachers in this college are our original companions, students or teachers at Cassel College... Everyone is of mixed race, why is Mandy Gonzalez in this group?
The most superior among people?"
Everyone was stunned and lost in thought.
Caesar instantly understood what Chen Motong meant, "However, she seems so unknown in Kassel College that we even need to work hard to remember that someone like her exists."
"If Mandy Gonzalez is an 'S' class, then I wouldn't be surprised if she performs equally well here, but it seems that her pedigree rating in the school is not that good." Chen Motong used the desktop
Gently bumping the ballpoint pen, he turned to look at the college in the night, "My intuition tells me that maybe the breakthrough point for this mission lies with her. Maybe the murderer may have borrowed her appearance, so her unusual excellence seems to say
It’s clear..."
"Then to clear up these doubts, we have to find a way to catch her..." Lancelot whispered.
"It may be difficult, but we can start preparing." Caesar was silent for a moment and agreed to the plan. "With no breakthrough, this seems to be the only chance we can try. But remember not to repeat the lesson of instructor Frank.
That kind of thing happens once and it's enough. We don't have many people and we can't afford more attrition."
"There will always be accidents in the first attempt. No one would have expected that Instructor Frank's resistance would be so fierce." Lancelot couldn't help but whisper, because that operation was led by people from the Lionheart Club.
Failure will definitely be blamed on the Lionheart Club.
"I don't mean to blame anyone, I'm just reminding you as usual." Caesar said lightly, "Although Mandy Gonzalez's pedigree rating is not high in reality, based on the abnormalities she showed here, we
There is reason to believe that if we really want to take action against her, she will be difficult to defeat by then, so the ambush must be comprehensive, and this operation will be carried out in cooperation with the Student Union and the Lionheart Club."
“I have no objection.” Chu Zihang said, then fell silent.
"Remember to stabilize her mental state when you take action. It's best to take action when she is defenseless." Chen Motong said, "She already showed some abnormalities during the last cross-examination, and she just threw it away in the middle of the conversation.
I went to the bathroom next time, and she seemed to be wary of us transfer students."
"In that case, I'm going to..." Caesar opened his mouth and was about to make arrangements, but was immediately interrupted by a sudden voice in the classroom.
"Wait...bathroom? Which floor were you on when you were talking?" Su Qian, who had been quiet in the classroom, finally seemed to realize something, and suddenly looked up at Chen Motong, her pupils shrinking like needles.
gather.
“What’s wrong on the third floor?” Chen Motong turned around and asked.
“Third floor...We were also on the third floor at that time...What time were you talking about?” Veleva’s expression beside Susie also changed slightly.
“It was close to noon in the morning when get out of class ended,” Chen Motong recalled.
“There is only one bathroom on the third floor.” Susie and Veleva looked at each other, a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes, and the full sink and the faucet that no one had turned off appeared in their minds.
They almost turned to look at the window of the lecture theater at the same time.
In an instant, there was an undisguised sound of violent running outside the classroom! A black shadow flew through the gap in the curtains and ran towards the stairs under everyone's gaze!
"Contact the leaker and catch her!" Caesar reacted quickly. Knowing that this secret gathering had been exposed due to some strange combination of circumstances, he roared, jumped off the podium and rushed towards the classroom like a leopard.
door.
But Chu Zihang, who had almost the same reaction as him, jumped over the desk and rushed to the door. The two of them kicked open the door of the lecture theater at almost the same time, rushed into the corridor, and looked up to see the almost
It was the blond girl who used her hands and feet to brake on the smooth floor and rushed towards the stairs as if she was running away!
“Gonzalez!” Caesar shouted the other person’s name almost instantly.
Mandy at the top of the stairs only had time to look back at him, her eyes full of anger and fear, and she rushed down without looking back!