Midnight and early morning are perhaps the darkest and quietest time of the day.
It is the transition between the previous day and the beginning of the new day, and it is also the favorite time for ghosts to appear in horror stories.
As the doors on both sides of the "Mask Hall" closed, the last trace of light in the room also disappeared.
Only a room full of Xiaobuer masks with weird smiles was left, which made people shudder.
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Accompanied by a knock on the door, the door opened, revealing the cautious face of Uye Naoki.
"Karasawa Criminal."
Naoki Kamei whispered: "What's going on now?"
"Just follow me and you'll find out." Tang Ze replied in the same low voice, and then gestured for the other party to follow.
With the little light brought by the mobile phone screen, Naoki Kamei could clearly see the dark corridor.
The dim light in the huge castle not only did not bring a sense of security, but instead made people feel nervous.
Especially the masks of different shapes on the walls or exhibitions, which make this atmosphere of fear reach its full potential.
Those masks with strange expressions seemed to be staring at you from all directions, making Naoki Uye's hair stand on end.
Fortunately, there was Karasawa Criminal leading the way, and there was a calm-looking senior beside him, which instantly made Naoki Uyei feel much more at ease.
"Tang Ze Criminal, what are we doing here?"
After arriving at the "Mask Hall", seeing Karasawa standing in front of the door, Naoki Kamei couldn't help but said: "This door is closed, what on earth are we doing here."
He had only received a call from Tang Ze before, saying that he would go find him and ask him to open the door as soon as he heard the knock on the door, but he had no idea what Tang Ze Criminal was going to do.
Now seeing Karasawa Criminal standing in front of the closed door of the "Mask Hall", Naoki Kamei couldn't help but ask.
"What else to do, of course, go in."
Karasawa smiled and took out the lockpicking tool from his pocket, while Naoki Uyei on the side couldn't help being surprised when he saw the tool in Karasawa's hand.
"Hey...Karasawa Criminal...is it really okay for us to do this?"
Realizing that now was not the time to make a big noise, Naoki Kamei immediately covered his mouth and asked in a low voice: "Isn't this allowed..."
"Of course, it's not allowed under normal circumstances, but now it's a special situation, so it's natural to treat it specially." Tang Ze smiled and replied.
"Special circumstances?" Uekai Naoki couldn't help but ask, "What special circumstances?"
"When you find suspicious activities in the house, suspected of harming the recipient of the threatening letter." Karasawa answered Naoki Uye's question while starting to pick the lock.
After hearing Karasawa's words on the other side, Naoki Kamei's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but ask: "Are you sure Karasawa, this is no joke.
If something goes wrong, this matter may not end well."
After all, this is about prying open someone's door privately. If it is really what Tang Ze said, then there is no problem. In an emergency, you can just kick the door.
When the time comes, you will be an outstanding criminal who is wise and decisive and has made great achievements.
But if not, then you have to bear the consequences yourself. Simply put, it is a personal behavior and cannot implicate the Metropolitan Police.
But Naoki Kamei always feels that even if Karasawa Criminal is in charge now and Karasawa Criminal is the one opening the door, he may be the one to take the blame...
As for why, I can only say that I understand...
"Don't worry, I never do anything I'm not sure about." Hearing Uye Naoki's worried words, Karasawa comforted him with a smile.
The murderer of this case had already been targeted by Tang Ze, and like them, the little black man lived in the east wing, so he fell directly into Tang Ze's surveillance range.
In order to prevent the other party's movements from being missed, Tangze also deliberately placed a bug at the door of the other party's house that Dr. Ali had prepared for him, just to monitor the other party's movements.
But just now, he still heard the other party leaving the house, and even used his hearing ability to judge that the direction the other party was traveling was the "Mask Hall".
Of course, there is no need to explain these things. Tang Ze is concentrating on picking the lock.
The door locks in this mansion are generally quite old-fashioned. Although the door lock looks large and the key is long, it seems difficult to open. However, with the help of modern tools, it is actually only a matter of time before it can be opened.
Moreover, Tangze also had some lock-picking skills, and he quickly opened the door to the "Mask Hall".
On the side, Naoki Kamei quickly stepped forward when he saw this, and opened the door gently with Karasawa.
Karasawa walked in, followed closely by Naoki Kamei into the pitch-black darkness.
However, when he saw the situation inside the "Masked Hall", Naoki Kamei immediately covered his mouth to prevent him from being too shocked and unable to help but scream and make any noise to attract the attention of others.
It's not because Uye Naoki is too timid or scared, but because the scene at this moment is really too bizarre.
At midnight, they had just returned to their respective rooms through the "Mask Hall".
At that time, the "Schobre Mask" placed in the "Mask Hall" was still quietly placed there.
But now, all the masks placed on the shelves have disappeared!
Thinking of what the twin sisters said before, Naoki Uyei couldn't help but feel chills all over.
"Xiao, all Xiao Buer's masks have disappeared!?" Naoki Uyei looked at the empty display racks around him, feeling even scarier than if there were no masks on them.
It was as if those masks would suddenly appear the next moment, swarming around the two of them and sucking their blood.
"You don't really think it was the twins who said that "Shobble Mask" ran out to cause trouble after midnight, right?"
Seeing Naoki Ue's distracted look, Karasawa waved his hand in front of him and said with a smile: "Ghosts, ghosts and the like don't exist.
Especially when handling a case, there must be someone behind any such rumors, trying to hide something detrimental to him.
So whenever you encounter this kind of situation, you can think in a more realistic and scientific direction.
If you can figure it out and break through these illusions, you're not far from seeing the truth."
With Karasawa starting the teaching course at any time and anywhere, Naoki Kamei immediately calmed down: "Senior, are you saying that these masks were not taken away by some strange force, but by others?"
"Yes, actually after removing these scary appearances, the answer is actually very simple." Tang Ze smiled and replied.
"Then why did the prisoner steal the mask?" Naoki Ueijing said puzzledly: "Logically speaking, the prisoner wants to harm Ms. Su Fang!"
"About this, let's go and see for ourselves."
Tangze smiled meaningfully, and then walked towards the other door leading to the west wing.