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  Chapter 551 Mysterious Lake

  Although Duanmuhuai said so, unfortunately, nothing happened that night—well, it was a very peaceful night.

  Early the next morning, everyone gathered in the truck again and began to report their findings.

   "Although I didn't find anything strange, there was a strange noise under the floor..."

  Mary looked a little uneasy.

   "Sound?"

   "Yes, there seems to be something crawling under the floor, which makes people feel very uncomfortable. Lorena and I investigated the room, and the result..."

   Speaking of this, Mary glanced at Lorena, who nodded.

   "We found a hidden door in the floor of the room."

   "Secret door?"

   "Yes, it's under the carpet. If Mr. Duanmu didn't ask us to check it, I'm afraid we wouldn't have found it at all."

   "Have you opened it?"

   "Can't open from our side..."

"Um………"

   It's more and more like a B-level murderous plasma horror movie.

  Of course, if those two old men are really murderous, Duanmuhuai is not afraid, as he still doesn't know who killed whom.

At this moment, suddenly, everyone heard a noise coming from the window, they came to the window curiously, looked out, and saw a young man wearing glasses glaring at the main entrance of the hotel not far away. He looked at the old man William standing at the door of the hotel - the latter just folded his arms and looked at him impatiently.

  The young man stared at the old man viciously, and roared loudly.

   "You said you didn't know if he lived here, but what I want to tell you is that I know he did live here, and he told me himself!"

   "Please calm down, sir. We have guests here to rest."

   Facing the roar of the young man, William also seemed a little dissatisfied.

   "Rest? Here? What happened to the sound coming from the guest room at night? Who can rest well with this sound? Now tell me, which room does he live in?!"

   "I said I don't know."

   Facing the young man's questioning, William was obviously a little annoyed.

   "So leave me alone or get out of my hotel!"

   After saying this, William turned around and walked into the hotel, and the young man also walked towards the other side of the hotel angrily.

  Seeing this scene, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, while Duanmu Huai sneered.

   "It seems that there are more than one or two people missing here."

  While talking, Duanmuhuai got off the truck.

   "Let's go, let's talk to that young man."

Under the leadership of Duan Muhuai, the group left the truck and came to the other side of the hotel, and then saw the young man who had quarreled with the old man William standing beside him, looking at the lake and forest in the distance, with an angry expression on his face Mumbling something. Duanmu Huai stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, which made the young man turn his head dissatisfied.

   "Who? Didn't see me... Woohoo! What kind of monster are you?"

   "Who are you calling a monster!"

  Looking at the frightened pale young man who almost sat on the ground, Duanmu Huai's face suddenly sank.

   "We are also guests living here. I just heard the quarrel between you and William, so I want to come over and chat with you."

   "You, what do you want to talk about?"

   "I heard what I just said, are you here to find someone?"

"this………"

   Facing Duanmuhuai's question, the young man was obviously a little nervous, but he hesitated for a moment, and explained the whole story to Duanmuhuai.

His name is Jacob Trent, and he lives in Room 8. The reason why he came here was to meet his friend Abraham Hickey. Logically speaking, Abraham should have met him a few weeks ago. Arrived, and the night before Jacob came here, Abraham had already called to inform him that he had checked in.

   "But when you came, you didn't see him?"

"That's right, I asked William, but the old man just pretended to be deaf and dumb, insisting that he didn't come, I think he must have done something to Abraham! Damn... I won't just let him go! I I'm sure we'll find his tell, and let the police deal with this **** bastard! They run the hotel, but they barely see anyone during the day, squatting in the sealed studio at the back of the hotel, I think they must be what the hell!"

According to Jacob, he has been living here since then, but he doesn't feel very good about this hotel, not to mention how inconvenient it is that there is no electricity or telephone here, and the lake in the distance makes him feel creepy, And there were strange noises coming from under the floor at night. He had long thought that there was something wrong with the hotel.

   "Since you've lived here so long, have you met this man?"

  While talking, Duanmu Huai took out the photo of James from his arms. Jacob took the photo, observed it carefully, and nodded.

"Yeah, I saw this guy the night I moved in, but I didn't have time to say hello to him. I noticed his car was gone the next morning, so I guess he's gone. If the two old Immortals tell you that he has never lived here, then they are either stupid or lying, if my friend doesn't come again in the next two days, I am going to call the police!"

   "Oh heh."

  Hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned, and then took back the photo.

   "By the way, do you remember what car he drove?"

   "A black Chrysler. It's rare for young people to drive such a rich car these days, so I remember it very clearly."

   "Thanks, I have no more problems."

  After receiving Duanmu Huai's answer, Jacob turned and left directly, while Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at the others.

   "Look, those two old guys really have a problem."

   "Uh...just based on the question just now?"

"certainly."

  Facing Mary's question, Duanmuhuai nodded curiously.

"Don't forget, after we came here, we only said that we were looking for someone, but we didn't say that he drove a car, nor did we say what kind of car he was driving. But this Jacob made it very clear that this That means he wasn't lying."

   "So... Mr. Duanmu, do you mean that those two old gentlemen are lying?"

  Hearing this, Mary looked incredible.

   "However, they are just two old people. Although it is not good to say that, the missing are all young people. Can two old people deal with young and strong young people?"

   "Hehe, that's hard to say."

   "So... what do we do now?"

   "Since the clues have been found, let's settle this commission as soon as possible. You can investigate again in the hotel and see the situation of the other passengers. We will meet again at night and report the situation to me."

"Why?"

  Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Mary couldn't help being surprised.

   "Yes, do you want me to go?"

   "That's right, this is also a necessary skill for investigators, just go and practice it."

   "But... what do you want me to ask?"

"Just chat casually, find out the background of the other party, how long you have been here, have you encountered any strange things here... don't do it like a police interrogation, just treat it as two tourists chatting in the hotel Just fine."

   "Hey... But Mr. Duanmu, you just looked like an interrogation..."

   "It's just a different approach, go!"

"yes……!"

  Duanmuhuai yelled, Mary was also taken aback, nodded hastily, then turned and left, and Lorena followed.

"Why………"

  Looking at the backs of the two going away, Duanmuhuai shook his head, then he turned and walked towards the lake. As for the maid, she stayed on the van to take care of it and maintain the van by the way—of course, if those two idiots dared to be stupid enough to do something to the maid, then they would be able to experience the true power of the maid monster.

   But then again...

   "This place really sucks."

  Standing by the lake, looking at the scenery in front of him, Duanmuhuai couldn't help complaining. Generally speaking, it is reasonable to say that the natural scenery should be beautiful in such a place far away from human habitation. But in fact this is not the case, although there is also a small wooden pier on the edge of the lake, and there are several small canoes beside it.

  Generally speaking, sitting on a boat at this time, floating in the lake, and enjoying the beauty of nature is also a good idea.

  However... Looking at the viscous lake covered by green algae in front of me, and a layer of greasy dirt floating on the lake water, it doesn't look like the beauty of nature. This place is not so much a lake as it is a large garbage cesspool, and you can smell a pungent smell just by walking in.

  How could someone come to this ghostly place!

  Walking along the lake, Duanmuhuai complained, but when he walked to the other side of the lake, Duanmuhuai stopped.

  The reason is very simple, that is, in front of Duanmu Huai, you can see very clear tire marks—these tire marks in the dirt came all the way from the parking lot, and then...

   Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked forward along the tire marks.

   Into the lake?

   No wonder the place is so dirty.

   Could it be that these two old men are some kind of murderous maniacs, killing people and taking money here, and then pushing the victim's vehicle into the lake to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces? So would the bodies of those people be in the lake too?

  Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked towards the hotel not far away, then narrowed his eyes slightly.

   It looks like this is interesting.

  Winter nights always come quickly. When night fell, Mary and Lorena also returned to the van and reported to Duanmu Huai.

   "Besides that Mr. Jacob, there are two other travelers staying here."

  As Mary spoke, she took out a notebook—well, she seemed to be quite serious.

"One of them is Mr. Bill Dunston. He doesn't like to communicate with others very much. I just greeted him and didn't say anything... The other one is Miss Sarah Bonner. She seems to be During the long-distance travel, just resting here temporarily, none of them have seen Mr. James, and..."

  While speaking, Mary turned over a page of notes.

   "Miss Sara told me that she doesn't like the lake very much, and since she came here, she often has nightmares."

   "Nightmare?"

"Yes, Miss Sara said that she occasionally dreamed that she was sinking into the bottom of the water, surrounded by weeds, and under the weeds, there was a city of strange spiral spires, full of horrible, terrible, unspeakable things. Dead bodies. Then she would always be drawn to the center of the city and see a scary monster with three eyes... Then she would wake up with fright, she would always have this dream, Miss Sara said it might be because Because of that lake."

"Um?"

  Hearing this, Duanmuhuai frowned.

   Isn't it... umm? Could it be that he won the lottery again this time?

  The luck of your own rabbit is so awesome?

  Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai looked at the little white rabbit in his pocket. The latter was sleeping in a pile. Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand and touched the little white rabbit's furry body. The latter stared at his legs, and then curled up comfortably again.

  Well, it's really cute.

   "Boom boom boom."

At this moment, suddenly, there was a slight knock on the door outside the truck, and Duan Muhuai motioned for Lorena to open the door, and then saw a young man wearing glasses standing outside awkwardly - he was Jacob Boo, the lad who had quarreled with William during the day.

   "It's so late, what's the matter?"

   "Hey, here it is."

  Jacob was a little nervous when he heard Duanmuhuai's question, but he still spoke.

"I had another fight with that old idiot, no, it was a fight, and I got the key from him, and I'm going to see what the **** they're doing in that **** workshop in the back Do you want to come together?"

  Hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned. Of course, he remembered Jacob said in the morning that the two old men hardly saw anyone during the day, and they had been squatting in the studio behind the hotel, not knowing what to do. Well, if this is a horror and murder B-grade movie, then there may be torture instruments or corpses in it... But Duanmuhuai has almost guessed that there should be something weirder than these things in it.

   "Okay, let's go together."

   Duanmuhuai nodded, then looked at Mary and Lorena.

   "You guys come too, get ready for battle."

   "Okay, Lord Knight."

  Lorena was not surprised by Duanmuhuai's order, she just picked up the heavy holy book in her hand and nodded. Although Mary wanted to ask something, she still didn't say anything, and obediently picked up a staff.

   This is a gift Lani gave to Mary when she "graduated"—a Kalia scepter.

This staff looks more like a rapier from the outside, and even has a gauntlet. The "hilt" is inlaid with gemstones. When worn on the body, it looks more like a female bodyguard at first glance. The decorative weapon used, after all, the "sword body" is also cylindrical, and the appearance is light and light, so it will not be too suspicious when taken out.

  Although Lani is very indifferent to Mary on the surface, it seems that she is still very kind to Mary. After all, this kind of weapon is not available to ordinary people even if they want it.

  After instructing the maid to guard the house so that no one would steal the house, Duanmu Huai took Lorena and Mary out of the van, and followed Jacob to the sealed studio behind the hotel.

   "...Mr. Duanmu, will we fight?"

  Holding the staff in her arms, Mary still seemed a little nervous. She looked at Duanmuhuai anxiously and asked, while Duanmuhuai nodded.

"That's right, if your investigation is correct, then those two old guys are not ordinary murderers, but two cultists who believe in evil gods. Who knows if there will be any monsters in their studio, It's always good to be careful."

   "Hey? Yes, is that so? But I didn't see it at all..."

   "I only guessed it because I read the information before. Anyway, pay attention."

"yes………"

  Hearing this, Mary's expression became more and more rigid, but she still gripped her staff tightly and nodded vigorously.

   At this moment, a group of people also came to the door of the studio. Jacob took out the key without hesitation, opened the door of the studio, and walked in directly.

The entire studio was dim, with only one oil lamp on the table, and there were many tools that looked like they were used for repairs, but unfortunately, no corpses were seen, nor were there any useful clues. On one side of the corner, there are several cardboard boxes and a pile of clothes. And on the table, there were several glass jars that looked muddy, soaking in what looked like some kind of spikes.

   "Damn it!"

However, after rushing into the studio, Jacob seemed to have noticed something. He came to the pile of worn clothes next to him, took out a jacket from it, looked at it carefully, and then let out an angry low Roar.

   "Damn it, I knew it! Those two old guys must be the ones who did it!"

   While speaking, Jacob picked up the jacket and unfolded it to Duanmuhuai and the others.

   "Look, these are Abraham's clothes! I knew something must have happened to him!"

   "Is this garment Abraham's?"

"That's right, you see there's a tag here that says A. Hickey, and that's the best proof. I've seen him wear that jacket more than once, and there's no way he'd throw it away. Those two old Beast, I will never let them go. They must have killed Abraham, maybe..."

   While speaking, Jacob looked into the studio, and when he saw two wooden boxes that looked like coffins in the corner, he jumped up immediately.

   "They must have put Abraham in it, **** it...!"

   Shouting, Jacob rushed to the box and opened it straight away.

However, at this moment, suddenly, a scrawny arm exuding a rotten aura stretched out from it, grabbing Jacob's arm tightly, and the next moment, I saw a strange, corpse-like corpse The monster suddenly got out of the box, opened its mouth, and bit Jacob down!

  (end of this chapter)