According to Scott, the "explanation" session that used to happen every time when recruiting new people has not started this time.
Could it be that this time they need to discover the truth in the "explanation" session by themselves in order to get out of this road?
Pan Cui thought for a while, but couldn't think of an answer, so she looked at her watch a little anxiously. Time passed too fast, and they just chatted for a while. She felt that she hadn't sorted out the myriad of things, and she actually passed by.
It's been many hours.
The party has been going on for more than an hour, and not a word has been said about the business, but the portraits don't seem to take it seriously at all.
Not only was he not in a hurry, Peter's portrait even greeted the servants and served dinner to ten people. Before the few evolutionaries could realize what was going on, the noise of glasses clinking and tableware clinking could be heard in the portrait -
—The few people standing in the bare cave looked at me and I looked at you, and we all saw stronger doubts on each other's faces.
"Peter, I have to say," his pleasant voice came from Nika's portrait, "I'm really surprised that you can arrange tonight's party in such an orderly manner. To be honest, I'm not afraid of you laughing.
I, I'm prepared, I won't feel too comfortable tonight."
When Pan Cui heard this, she immediately twisted her body towards Nika's portrait, feeling as if all she had left was a pair of ears. What's wrong with her?
"I didn't expect that either," Kate responded with a smile, seeming to pick up the tableware. "We have hot curry mutton tonight."
Pan Cui subconsciously turned to the portrait of Peter who was praised by the guests - but the next words that came out were still spoken by Kate.
The expressions of several evolvers were quite alert at the same time; because when Kate spoke, it was obviously different from before. There was only silence in the background. Compared with the noise of other oil paintings, it was like a sudden sinking of sound.
of vacuum.
But the content of her inner monologue was not worthy of everyone's vigilance.
"My belly is so bloated," Kate complained. "Although this mutton curry is delicious...but there is also a lot of water in the dish. I don't know if I can hold it in until after the meal...it's really uncomfortable."
In Pan Cui's peripheral vision, Lin Sanjiu raised her eyebrows again - as if to prevent herself from accidentally expressing her thoughts aloud, she pressed her lips lightly with her knuckles.
What did she think of?
Kate's inner monologue was just the beginning, and then a sentence sounded quietly in Minna's portrait: "There's no need to prepare any dinner. I've always disliked this place... It's better to end it as soon as possible and leave this cold place as soon as possible.
"
Pina sighed silently, showing obvious anxiety, and almost said "Why don't they say something useful" written on her face.
At this time, Raven whispered a word; behind his voice, there was also darkness and death.
"Fifty yuan? Fifty yuan for two?"
Pan Cui didn't know why, but a patch of hair suddenly stood up on her body. She couldn't help turning her head and looked at Lin Sanjiu - the latter happened to be looking at her as well. When their eyes met, their expressions were a bit uncomfortable.
nice.
What happened to this sentence?
Or is Raven just simply surprised by Lin Sanjiu's financial situation?
No, that's not right... She missed something, she could feel that there was something wrong, something was missed...
While Pan Cui was desperately searching for the thoughts in her mind and trying to figure out why she felt this way, Lin Sanjiu walked over quickly and showed her the note pad in her hand.
"I have been thinking about this copy of the portrait." The sentence was not long, but it shocked Pan Cui's heart. "I feel that I am close to the answer."
Really? This is certainly a good thing...but Pan Cui has never been accustomed to letting others discover the truth and letting others be the leading force in solving situations.
Whether Pan Cui can gain the upper hand in a situation depends on her grasp of the situation; although Pan Cui does not need to "take advantage of Lin Sanjiu", she would rather let herself seize the opportunity and control the situation...
She had to be one step ahead of Lin Sanjiu and figure out the purpose of the portrait.
She also knew everything Lin Sanjiu knew; she also knew some information that Lin Sanjiu didn't know.
If the other party can find out the answer, Pan Cui believes that there will be no problem for him.
Therefore, the key that was missed just now is...
Just as Pan Cui was deep in thought, a low inhale sounded from the intermittent conversations and the noise of tableware clashing around him - Pan Cui was still immersed in thinking and subconsciously raised her head; for half a second
For a while, she didn't realize why Pina and Kagada kept staring at the cave wall.
When she also reacted, Pan Cui pressed her mouth to prevent any sound.
Lin Sanjiu stood beside her, falling into a strange silence.
...The portrait of Raven is empty.
The characters in each portrait stood in front of a black background, without any environmental details around them. At this time, in the oil painting that originally contained Raven, there was only a dark, empty oil paint.
Pan Cui let her eyes follow the oil painting and turned all the way back, and soon found Raven again.
The tall, muscular man with full beard was standing behind Lin Sanjiu in the oil painting.
In the oil painting, the confused and ignorant Lin Sanjiu is still smiling, unaware that about four or five steps behind her, there is a Raven - Raven's posture, expression, and even his hands clasped together.
The appearance placed in front of him is exactly the same as his own oil painting.
"Pan Cui," someone whispered, "Pan Cui?"
Pan Cui was startled and turned her head following the voice, realizing that the person calling her was Nika Portrait.
How could she have the time to chat with the portrait now? She couldn't help but said "Ah?" and turned her eyes back to Lin Sanjiu's portrait. In just a second or two, Lei Wen looked at Lin Sanjiu's portrait.
He disappeared behind her; she stared intently at the dark oil painting, and sure enough, she saw Raven slowly revealing his head, shoulders, and body from one side of the frame... and finally stood in the center of her oil painting again.
Lin Sanjiu and the others were standing motionless, as if they were digesting the incident just now.
"You look a little absent-minded," Nika's portrait said kindly, "Are you a little worried?"
How to answer?
To be honest, half of Pan Cui's thoughts are still on the matter of "Lei Wen can actually appear in Lin Sanjiu's portrait" - what does it mean? In the world of portraits, aren't everyone originally in the same space?
——But she forced herself to change her focus and responded: "Ah, there is a little..."
"This is inevitable. If you want to get closer to the truth, there will naturally be risks." Nika's portrait said with full understanding: "If I were a newcomer and heard about the past, I would inevitably be worried."
"Yes," Pan Cui responded, and then realized that there seemed to be a kind of encouragement in Nika's silence, as if she was asking her to continue talking.
Her back tensed slightly. Pan Cui could feel that she seemed to have walked into a test unintentionally. The words that came out of her mouth next, although she didn't understand why, were probably crucial.
What are you going to say? If you don’t say it, will you look suspicious?
"Well... I may not know enough about the specific situation," Pan Cui recalled everything she heard and experienced since the beginning of the plot, and carefully speculated while saying: "I know that I am not a created person.
The character is a real person. But how can I make everyone believe this and gain everyone's trust, I don't know..."
"It's okay, don't worry too much. We old people also gradually develop trust." Nika comforted her with a good manner. "The next party will be different. You will definitely like the next party."
It turns out that while they were seeking information from the portrait, the portrait was also testing them.
When Pan Cui thought of this, she was suddenly startled - yes, she felt that something was missing just now, and it turned out to be this!
It's so ironic that the same telltale sign can appear on both sides at the same time... Pan Cui glanced at Lin Sanjiu hastily and found that the latter was still looking at Raven's portrait. Apparently, in such a short period of time, he still
I couldn't take my mind off what happened just now.
This is a good thing; in this way, Pan Cui is almost certain that he will solve the current situation one step earlier than her.
However, Lin Sanjiu seemed to have been targeted by Lei Wen. She had to resolve the situation as soon as possible before something happened to Lin Sanjiu. If something happened to Lin Sanjiu, what was the point of clearing the level again?
Pan Cui took out her notebook, hurriedly wrote down another paragraph, walked over to Jiajia Tian, and showed it to him.
"I don't think Mingna will leave her nephew alone. She must have arranged special care for you." She tried her best to write her words in a sensible way, hoping to persuade Jiajia Tian from the perspective of his own safety and make him willing to cooperate——
"I won't ask you to do anything extra, but if you can figure out how she plans to protect you, not only will you know better, but maybe we can also have a reference..."
This time, Jiajiatian thought for a long time before finally nodding slightly and walking towards Ming Na's portrait.
Pan Cui breathed a sigh of relief, but had another thought on her mind.
Her method was too risky, and she didn't even know how likely she was to succeed; it was just that Lin Sanjiu was already a little unsafe. If they couldn't get out of this road as soon as possible, she was really worried that something would happen.
.
Not far away, Jia Jiatian started talking to Ming Na's portrait in a low voice.
In the next few minutes, everything happened very fast, so fast that even Pan Cui, who was the instigator, was a little surprised - as Pina raised her hand hurriedly, she found that Raven's portrait was empty again;
Before she could turn her head to look at Lin Sanjiu's oil painting, Jia Jiatian suddenly let out a muffled grunt from the other end, as if someone had pinched her throat.
A "chi-la" sound, as if something had been torn, immediately sounded from the cave.
When the three of them turned their heads towards the source of the sound, they suddenly discovered that there was a wound on Jiajiada's canvas, which happened to tear open his entire face.
And Jia Jiatian, who was still talking to Ming Na just now, suddenly fell to the ground with his face turned upside down.