"Lu Li's experience showed us that on the night when we thought the story was over, the story was actually still continuing. As a result, we lost a lot of key information, such as why the hero died."
"Investigator, can you tell me something we haven't thought of?" Vincent's bored voice sounded next to him.
"Don't worry." Petra was not angry because of Vincent's unreasonableness. She still said politely: "I wonder if you have noticed that the heroine's methods have changed."
He glanced at Lu Li and continued: "Lu Li and I had some alone time with her, and were attacked by her the first two times, but both failed. This failure made Sarah change her mind and start using other methods.
Get the body by other means - such as internal strife."
Petra looked around at everyone and said: "She wants to use our characters to make us kill each other. After all, she needs our bodies. It doesn't matter who hands us."
"Why didn't she do it herself? She hates me as a personal maid so much that she would want to kill me with her own hands." The baron said looking at his fingernails indifferently.
"After all, she has to conform to the logic of the story. An unarmed and powerless noble girl kills two people and wants to kill more people?" Vincent replied lazily: "Readers will scold the "author" for being unreasonable."
A solid black line emerged, and a withered claw hung down in the boiling black mist.
Vincent raised his eyelids and said casually: "I'm just talking about a detective novel."
Withered Claws and Mist disappear into the ceiling.
Petra looked back and continued: "Her actions gave me a new idea... If she wants a body, then we will provide her with a body."
Sarah needs a corpse to be resurrected, so provide her with a corpse
There was a brief silence in the hall.
There was the crackling sound of high-grade firewood burning in the fireplace, rain was slapping against the windows, and the wind was blowing through the treetops, bringing with it the muffled sound of thunder deep in the clouds.
Vincent broke the silence: "Although I have retired for several years, I don't want to do anything illegal."
"Mr. Petra is referring to the body of the person in the story." the butler replied matter-of-factly.
"I was just joking, I have no sense of humor." Vincent looked bored.
"Currently, the characters that appear in our senses are limited," Lu Li said. The only ones who have actually appeared in the mansion are Sara and the Viscount, several of Sara's teachers, and supporting characters who appear accidentally because of the story, such as the gardener.
On the day of the dinner, many characters came, but as the dinner ended, they disappeared and there was a high chance that they would not appear again.
Petra smiled: "What if we take the initiative to "create" supporting characters? Lu Li, you know better than us that the story can be changed through some actions."
After a few seconds of silence, Lu Li nodded: "You can give it a try."
"It's great, we suddenly changed from victims to perpetrators." Vincent leaned into the sofa.
"What's your problem?" Petra heard the sarcasm in Vincent's tone.
"Indeed, as a survivor who escaped its ritual once, I don't think this behavior will change anything." Vincent patted the dust on his trouser legs and said, "Your idea may be good, but it's not suitable.
It. The protagonist may stop interested in us because there are enough corpses.
So have you ever thought about how the story will develop next? The protagonist discovers corpses that appear strangely in the woodshed one after another. While resurrecting his lover, he investigates secretly and finds the murderer. After resurrecting his lover, he chooses to report the murderer, and finally lives happily with his lover.
Living together'? It's a really good story."
At the end Vincent clapped his hands and applauded.
Petra doesn't think so. His concept is opposite to Vincent: "But it doesn't need to be aimed at us."
The ritual of Shadow of the Thread is more about telling a good story - killing the people in the ritual is just incidental.
"Of course it won't actively target us, just like we wouldn't target the ants on the ground, we just inadvertently trample them to death while walking."
Petra asked thoughtfully: "Mr. Vincent, did this happen in your last experience?"
Vincent paused for a moment, nodded and replied: "Yes."
"I will think about it." Petra sighed, stopped talking about the plan, and said to everyone: "What should we do now. The story will not stop at night, which means we are not safe. Should we stay away from the plot or get closer to the heroine?
Get information."
At the end of the sentence, Petra looked at Vincent.
Although the old man is acrimonious, his status as a survivor brings advantages that no one else has.
Vincent thought for a while and said: "Do nothing, maintain the status quo. But just in case we'd better stay in the same room."
Petra made no comment. Approaching at this time might yield more information, but it would also be more dangerous.
The housekeeper Lulu said to everyone: "You can go to the piano room on the second floor, which is the farthest from the Baron's bedroom. Later I will ask the maid to move the sofa seats. Baron Sir?"
Baron Joseph knew what the housekeeper wanted to say, and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't mind this. She was more concerned about other things——
"Are you going back tonight? There are still many empty rooms in the mansion-"
"go back."
The detective agency is safer than the manor. It is unlikely that Sarah will leave the manor and come to the detective agency to murder Lu Li - even if it comes, she will not be able to succeed due to Anna's interference.
Vincent's advantage is his understanding of the shadow of the thread. Lu Li's advantage is Anna hiding in the dark.
If it hadn't been for the heavy rain that made it difficult for Lu Li to enter the Elm Forest, it would have been safer for Lu Li to hide in an evacuation point with the awareness of the Deep Sea Stone and the Elm Forest to protect him.
Unable to keep Lu Li, the Baron was very frustrated and ordered the head maid to prepare the carriage.
As everyone said goodbye, Lu Li left Baron Joseph's manor and returned to his home on Sailor Street.
The smell of moldy wooden boards permeates everywhere, and the whispers of neighbors and the cries of children float into the room from the corridor, which is inexplicably relaxing.
Putting anthracite in the stove, after washing, Lu Li lay down on the cold sofa.
"I miss Annie." Anna's voice came from the bedroom.
"Let's go to the cliff to deal with the shadow of the thread," Lu Li said.
"Well, good night Lu Li."
…
The carriage drove into the manor, walked around the fountain and stopped in front of the mansion.
Some strange dark figures are wandering in the manor.
Lu Li, who noticed this, quickened his pace, walked into the restaurant when the maid opened the door, and saw Baron Petra and others who were dining.
"When I woke up in the morning, the manor was full of these ghosts." The baron complained to Lu Li with a look of disgust.
"We woke up and found them all over the estate," Petra also said.
At this moment, there were two dark figures walking around in the restaurant.
Before today, this scene had never happened.
It was as if the Shadow on the Thread was giving Petra a chance to implement her plan.
