Although he looks down upon these third-order energy crystals, it does not mean that he is indifferent when he sees the energy crystals being lost.
who is it?
Could it be Chen Shuying?
No wonder he thinks this way, it seems that she is the one who knows that she has a third-level energy crystal.
Does she regret it?
wrong!
The next moment, he rejected the idea. He and Chen Shuying had left the room and went to the roof at almost the same time. Chen Shuying had no time to commit the crime.
Could it be that she regretted it later and arranged for someone to steal it?
Moreover, the appearance of the three fourth-level zombies outside was too strange. Why did they suddenly appear here?
It stands to reason that this place is like a small vacuum zone, and precautions are in place. There may be zombies wandering here accidentally, but the appearance of three fourth-level zombies at the same time is a bit exaggerated.
As he opened the door, he heard footsteps outside.
He opened the door and found Chen Shuying, Sun Liren and several familiar faces coming down the stairs.
Chen Shuying also discovered Luffy. When she saw Luffy looking at her with a strange expression, she couldn't help but ask, "Luffy, what's wrong?"
Luffy said, "The third-level energy crystal you gave me is missing." As he said that, he observed Chen Shuying's expression, trying to see something from her face.
"Ah?" Chen Shuying was stunned, "What did you say?"
"The energy crystal you gave me is missing"
It wasn't until Luffy said it for the second time that Chen Shuying understood what he meant clearly, "Your third-order energy crystal is missing? My energy crystal!"
Before she finished speaking, she jumped down the stairs with a big stride, pushed Luffy away, and ran towards her room, Luffy followed.
Following Chen Shuying through the living room and into the bedroom, he saw her staring blankly at the empty bed.
After a long while, she turned around and said with a serious expression, "Mine is gone too!"
The two looked at each other and saw suspicion of each other in each other's eyes.
"not me"
"not me"
The two said in unison.
"I go out with you and come down together, there is no time at all."
"It's only been a few minutes since I separated from you. You can search my room." Luffy explained.
He had always doubted Chen Shuying, and now it was not an exaggeration for Chen Shuying to doubt him. Although he disdained those third-order energy crystals, others did not know.
What he meant was obviously that although he had time to commit the crime, he did not have time to transfer the stolen goods.
"I believe you!" Chen Shuying said sternly, "You have saved my life. Even if you ask for everything, can I not give it to you? There is no need to use such despicable means. Don't doubt me. Originally, these three
All the energy crystals belong to you. If you can share half of them with me, I will be very satisfied. I guarantee it with my personality."
"Then it should be someone else." Luffy shrugged.
"Zhenguan, what happened?"
At this time, they heard Sun Liren's voice in the living room.
Chen Shuying walked out of the bedroom with a gloomy face and said, "Brother Sun, in addition to the energy crystals distributed to Zhao Xuecheng and Sun Yao during this trip, we also harvested a large number of third-level energy crystals, because these crystals were obtained with the help of Luffy
Yes, so I gave him half before, but in the half hour or so we went out, the energy crystals of both of us disappeared."
Sun Liren looked at Chen Shuying, then at Luffy and said, "Zhenguan, are you saying there is a thief among us?"
"That's what it looks like now."
"I will go and gather everyone together, and then ask them one by one, maybe I will find something." Sun Liren said, "In half an hour, town official, please come to the basement!"
Chen Shuying nodded. For her, the third-level energy crystal was too precious to just let it go.
Sun Liren left.
Chen Shuying turned around and asked Luffy, "Do you think we can find the energy crystal?"
Luffy shrugged his shoulders and said, "It should be okay. The previous crisis will make everyone nervous. Once there are footsteps, some people will be curious to investigate. There should be witnesses."
Chen Shuying sighed and said, "But what if they all sprinkled gasoline and hid under the quilt and didn't hear it?"
"What do you mean?" Luffy was confused.
"One of the doomsday survival guides in HZ Town. Once there are zombies or evolved creatures approaching, you must do your best to cover up your own smell and prevent any sound. The best way is to sprinkle gasoline in the room and cover it with a quilt. This way, even if the danger is close,
You can also be out of sight, so you won't be afraid to cause screams and other actions, and avoid attracting more evolved creatures into the building, causing more people to suffer."
"Well, this survival guide of yours is really awesome." Luffy was speechless.
Shuguang has also issued a survival guide, and there are ways to hide yourself and avoid danger, but there is no way to cover your ears and steal the bell like this.
"The energy crystal must be in this building, maybe we can search room by room!" Luffy suggested.
Chen Shuying's eyes lit up and she said, "This is a way! But" she said, gesturing with her hands and continued, "those energy crystals are only so big together, and there are too many places to store them. It is really time-consuming and labor-intensive to implement, and it is possible
Still can’t find it.”
"Then we have to look for it! Are you willing to let those energy crystals be stolen without any reason?" Luffy said.
Chen Shuying nodded, "Let's go! Let's go down and ask if someone really sees it. If it doesn't work, we can only use this stupid method."
basement.
Chen Shuying glanced at everyone.
"Town official, all 94 people in the town are here!" After Sun Liren finished speaking, he stepped aside and said nothing.
Everyone looked at Chen Shuying, wondering what the reason for everyone gathering this time was.
After relaying information to each other, wasn’t the danger eliminated?
Chen Shuying said seriously, "More than half an hour ago, when Luffy and I went to the roof, the third-order energy crystal in our room was missing."
At this moment, no one dares to answer the question! Everyone is afraid of being suspected, and there is no doubt that the first person to speak will often arouse suspicion.
She paused and continued, "I am very sad. In these days when we need to unite as one, a thief has appeared in our team! Now I will give this person a chance, a chance to surrender. As long as you return the energy crystal, I will not
I will investigate again, but once I find out, you will be expelled."
Think about an ordinary person being expelled from the camp. He will face fear, loneliness, and even the threat of death. That will be more terrifying than direct execution.
It's just that a long time has passed and no one has come forward.
Luffy observed almost everyone's expressions and found no clues.
Thinking about it, after living in the apocalypse for so long and facing the threat of death every day, my psychological endurance must be much greater. How could I be frightened by almost anything?
"No one admits it, right? Okay, now let me ask again, after the previous gunshots, did anyone hear footsteps? Or saw anyone walk out of the room? The reporter will be rewarded with a box of noodles!"
Luffy's eyes lit up when he saw some people.
"Zhenguan, I heard Wang Xianglan's door next door opening and closing before, but I didn't know if she had gone out or not!"
With material rewards, people immediately started talking.
"Impossible, I was sleeping before, and I didn't get out of bed at all after the gunshot. Do you know that you are slandering me? You want to sleep with me, but I won't let you, and now you are slandering me!"
Luffy saw a woman about thirty-one or twelve years old retort, "Guardian, my door doesn't make any sound when it is opened and closed. You can try it later."
"."
Soon someone raised their hand and said, "Zhenguan, I saw Lu Hui lingering in the corridor earlier and lying on the window not knowing what he was looking at!"
"Fuck!" Someone started to curse immediately. This person should be Lu Hui who was reported, "Xu Hongjian, you are talking about your mother's bullshit, I was before the gunshot, okay? With the gunshot, everyone will be aware of the situation.
I went back to the room, sprinkled gasoline on it, hid under the quilt, and didn’t come out until someone knocked on the door and said the danger was over!”
Xu Hongjian said, "Anyway, I didn't see whether you entered the room or not! But the town official, you can check to see if it is him. If it is him, I have effectively reported it."
Chen Shuying looked at Lu Hui, who immediately said as if his hair was fried, "Zhenguan, you are wronged. To be honest, I don't even know when you came back, let alone that you have energy crystals, how could it be me?
What? Besides, I’m not an evolver, so what’s the use of stealing energy crystals?”
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes continued to sweep over several evolvers, and Luffy felt many eyes passing over him.
Everyone felt that Lu Hui's words made sense. Energy crystals were only useful to evolved people, but Luffy was a stranger. Of course, some people were skeptical and curious about strangers.
Even Chen Shuying herself felt a lot of eyes on her.
She is also an evolver.
It is not true that theft by guards has never happened.
Chen Shuying felt helpless for a while, as expected, the method of finding witnesses didn't work.