Chapter 9 Tom and Jerry
Morning, ten twenty-seven.
Twenty-fourth floor.
People who discovered that there was no fire began to return to the 24th floor from the next floor one after another. However, they found that the entrance doors on the east and west sides were 'locked' and could not be opened at all.
Knocked on the door, but no one answered.
It wasn't until people from the fire brigade ran up that Du Lei walked to the door and said through the door that they only burned a few clothes and that the fire had been dealt with.
The people in the fire brigade didn’t know why, but Du Lei, as the manager and person in charge here, naturally knew how to deal with this situation. After sending the people away, Du Lei responded to the inquiries from other employees. Only one sentence.
"You guys go downstairs first."
No explanation, no explanation.
Big things have turned into small things.
The manager has this right.
Du Lei, who came back, sat down on the chair and wiped his sweat, his eyes locked on Luo Xi over there.
"Tell me, what should we do next?"
Although Du Lei didn't want to admit it, the current situation was obviously controlled by Luo Xi.
When did you take control?
Was it when the other party started deliberately setting the fire, or when he told everyone calmly that Brother Mao was down there?
Or, was it when this guy mentioned the eight-player game?
When it comes to dealing with people and social experience, Du Lei thinks that he is not a little bit better than the young people in the company, so when he suddenly discovered that time returned to the morning of that day after a terrifying encounter, he did not Instead of panicking, he explored the authenticity of the matter. After obtaining some key 'intelligence', he worked hard to preserve his memory after the horrific killings.
In Du Lei’s view, only by preserving memories can we truly ‘live’.
In his eyes, people with amnesia are simply zombies.
In addition, he knew very well that only by preserving his memory could he possibly escape from this terrible 'nightmare'.
Du Lei is very conceited, and this feeling becomes more and more obvious as the number of times he saves memories increases.
Even at this moment, the situation seems to be controlled by Luo Xi, but Du Lei still believes that he is the one who really controls everything. For example, he feels that he has seen through the other party's tricks. Now he Just take advantage of the situation.
“The Memories Pickers are screened out by deliberately setting fires, triggering fire alarms and the Memories Pickers’ fear of Brother Mao. In this way, everyone gets together and everyone knows their identity, so it is difficult to kill people, at least , you can't kill people in person. It seems that this guy does know a lot of things. He must have concealed a lot of things. This is definitely not the first time he has saved his memory. This bastard is deceiving. He is lying, but I can accompany him in this scene. , let’s see what he is going to do. After all, young people are inexperienced and do not understand the principle of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind.”
“Feng Kai is my person, Guo Zening can fight for it, even if he is Without Guo Zening, we still have the greatest force. If we really take action, no one will be afraid. It is also good to think that everyone's identity is exposed. For example, we no longer need to go as hard as in the past to find people who pick up memories."
Du Lei was thinking about the benefits.
He has even secretly discussed with Feng Kai that if Liu Mao starts the killing time, they will kill first.
The more you kill, the more memory card you get.
"Oh, if I can't beat Brother Mao, I can't beat you?"
From just now, Luo Xi was silent, seeming to be thinking about something.
When he heard Du Lei's question, he showed the kind of confusion that a person who is immersed and focused on something is suddenly interrupted: "Mr. Du, what did you say?"
Du Lei was a little unhappy, He frowned and said, "I'm asking, what are you going to do next? You said before that you have a plan to clear the customs, tell me."
"Oh, yes!" Luo Xi looked at the time as if he was just waking up from a dream, and then said: "Where did we talk just now? Yes, cat and mouse. The current situation can be simply regarded as a cat and mouse game. "The game of mice."
Just now Luo Xi specifically talked about some things about the day of confinement and the known rules.
This is mainly for two newbies, Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan.
After hearing this, the two of them felt as if they had been struck by lightning, and were stunned to this day.
"The sad thing is that the mice tried their best, even killing their own kind, just to ensure that in the next game, they are still the same mice who need to hide here and there." Luo Xi The words mean something.
Both Du Lei and Feng Kai looked bad. One had a knife hidden in his smile, and the other had a fierce look in his eyes.
Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan subconsciously stayed away from Du Lei and Feng Kai, because according to Luo Xi, under the premise that they could not escape Mao Ge's killing time, the only way to preserve their memories was to kill other memory collectors. .
Obviously, according to what the two of them said before, Du Lei saved memories eight times, so he has killed at least eight people. Although Feng Kai did not disclose the number of times he saved memories, it was definitely more than once. Then Just kill at least one person.
"As I said before, we are all 'rats' and should not kill each other. Instead, we should work together and find a way to break the situation. Otherwise, it is inevitable that the rats will have their memories wiped out, even if you have extra memories in your hands. Cards are useless. As long as Brother Mao makes a few more surprise attacks like last time, how many memory cards do you have to consume?" Luo Xi saw signs that Du Lei and Feng Kai were taking action and said a warning. Because what he said is the truth, and it is a fact that even a fool can think of.
"Stop being so mysterious, just say it and let it go." Feng Kai yelled.
At this time, Luo Xi glanced at Feng Kai. He was obviously expressionless, but his indifferent eyes made Feng Kai's hair stand on end.
"Luo Xi, if you have any ideas, just tell me. If you have no idea, don't waste everyone's time." Du Lei obviously lost his patience.
One of the important reasons why he didn't dare to set fire or change the seemingly peaceful situation before was that he was afraid of 'irritating' Liu Mao. But now before 10:30 in the morning, the situation has become a bit difficult to deal with. It's time to kill. It is indeed not turned on now, but who knows whether it will suddenly turn on in the next minute, or in the next second.
"The point is cats!" Luo Xi said at this time: "I know that what you said before is mixed between true and false, including the person who told me these rules, may not be telling the truth, but what follows A question, Mr. Du, you must answer truthfully, which determines whether we can solve that cat."
The words "solve that cat" were like a shot in the arm, making Du Lei get up from his seat.
Although he knew that the other party might be talking nonsense, he still couldn't bear it. He knew very well that if he could really 'solve the cat', the situation would be completely different.
After all, another subtext of preserving memory is death.
Only through death can we have the concept of preserving memories.
No one wants to be killed repeatedly by a ghost-like monster in different ways on the same day. People who have not experienced it cannot understand that feeling.
"What's the question, you ask."
"Have you ever seen Brother Mao transform with your own eyes?"
"No!" Du Lei thought for a moment, He said with great certainty: "He always starts killing time suddenly, with no rules, and when he crawls out, it's just like that, every time."
"Then, does Brother Mao crawl out of the cabinet every time he kills?"
"Cabinet?" Du Lei was stunned: "What cabinet?"
Feng Kai At this time, he interrupted: "Brother Lei, the last time Liu Mao changed When the ghost appeared, Gao Shengjie saw it. He screamed, which attracted a lot of people. I also went over to take a look. In the men's locker room, Liu Mao climbed out of the cabinet."
"And this What's the matter?" Du Lei looked like he didn't know.
After thinking about it, Du Lei asked uncertainly: "You mean, the key point is the cabinet?"
"Yes, but this is just a guess on my part, so I set fire in the locker room before. In addition to screening, destroying the cabinets in the men's locker room on the 24th floor was another purpose." Luo Xi put his Part of my thoughts came out.
“Yes, there are cabinets in the women’s locker room,” Zhang Yanan reminded at this time.
"Probably not. Brother Mao is a man, and he in monster form should only be born in the men's locker room." As soon as Luo Xi finished speaking, Feng Kai asked back: "How can you be sure? ? Besides, if it’s going to be burned, why not burn the women’s locker room as well?”
“He was testing his guess.” At this time, he spoke and 'explained' to Luo Xi: "If Brother Mao crawls out of the women's locker room in a while, it means that he guessed wrong. On the contrary, the possibility is very high, although the 23rd floor downstairs was not burned down. , but it’s at least temporarily certain that the twenty-fourth floor is safe, right, Luo Dazong?”
Luo Xi is immune to ridicule.
In his opinion, making fun of and ridiculing others is meaningless and is the behavior of a weak person.
He only cares about profits.
"Mr. Du, do you think we have a chance of winning if we confront Brother Mao head-on?" Luo Xi suddenly asked a question.
Du Lei was stunned after hearing this, and then shook his head without hesitation: "If you want to die, don't take me with you."
"Is the chance of winning very small?" Luo Xi seemed puzzled.
Du Lei suddenly became angry, slammed the table and shouted: "It's not small, it's not, there is no possibility at all, let alone a few of us, even if there are ten times more people, it will be useless. Liu Mao in that state, He's not a human at all. He's not a human at all. Wait a minute, you said that. Is it possible to solve that cat by force? If so, you should give up this idea as soon as possible." "I understand, thank you for the reminder!" Luo Xi nodded. When I was about to say something, someone suddenly knocked on the door on the west side.
Du Lei frowned, stood up and walked a few steps over there, but the next moment he seemed to see something, his footsteps stopped, and his whole person instantly became extremely frightened. His fingers trembled, and his clothes trembled. He took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took one out and held it in his mouth, then took a lighter
Feng Kai also saw the people outside, he was also extremely nervous, and subconsciously touched his pants pocket.
As for Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan, they didn't know who was knocking on the door because of the angle, but when they saw the reactions of Du Lei and Feng Kai, they immediately panicked.
At this time Luo Xi stood up and walked over, looking through the glass at Liu Mao outside the door, and Officer Song and the others following behind.
Liu Mao looked confused: "Luo Xi, what are you doing? Is the fire out? I just talked to Officer Song about some situations. It took a lot of time. I didn't even know there was a fire. It scared me to death. All over."
(End of this chapter)