11: Chapter 11 Devil's Villa 11

She remembered the hammer she had found behind the television while searching for clues yesterday. She had thought it was strange to have a hammer in the living room at the time, but now that she thought about it, it was likely prepared for this very moment.

She hurriedly ran to the living room, retrieved the hammer, and then, under the surprised gazes of everyone, smashed it against the wall next to the Restroom.

"Emmmm, it didn't break through."

The Fragile Girl's face turned red; as a student, she really had no strength to truss a chicken.

The Man in the Suit understood what the Fragile Girl meant. After pondering for a moment, he took the hammer from her hands and slammed it heavily against the wall under the stairs.

After the wall was broken, a large hole appeared beneath the stairs, and a device came into view.

The Man in the Suit stepped forward to study it for a while, then turned back and said with some surprise, "This is a thermal imaging detection instrument; it might be used to check if there are any living beings nearby."

The Fragile Girl shook her head. "We still need to smash it."

Without further ado, the Man in the Suit gripped the hammer and continued to smash it down with force. Hidden behind the wall, a more intricate mechanism that left the Man in the Suit in awe was revealed.

Composed of metal pipes, iron wires, and countless parts, it occupied the entire wall. Inside the metal pipes were several iron arrows, sharp and formidable, clearly prepared to take lives.

The Man in the Suit exclaimed in admiration, "The parents of this family are truly top-tier architects. I have only ever seen such a precise Secret Room mechanism wall in a museum."

While speaking, the Man in the Suit keenly observed a small keyhole right in the center of this mechanism wall.

"This is..."

The Man in the Suit was shocked; this mechanism wall was actually a door composed of countless mechanical parts!

The Man with Slicked-back Hair, who was standing behind them, was eager to show off his abilities in front of the others. The spotlight had been completely stolen by Luo Yuejian and the Man in the Suit, and even the Fragile Girl, whom he had always looked down upon, had displayed an extraordinary mind.

He took the hammer from the Man in the Suit, swung it fiercely at the mechanism wall, and shouted, "Watch me break this wall open!"

The moment the hammer landed on the mechanism wall, the immense recoil made the hand of the Man with Slicked-back Hair tremble uncontrollably, and the hammer fell to the ground as his hand lost its strength.

In the very next second, the mechanism spun rapidly. Within a single second, a new arrow hole appeared right where the hammer had struck. An arrow shot out rapidly from the hole, and before anyone could react, it pierced straight into the heart of the Man with Slicked-back Hair.

By the time everyone realized what had happened, the Man with Slicked-back Hair had already collapsed to the ground, spitting blood.

He clutched his chest in pain, looked pleadingly at the others, and cried out uncontrollably, "Save me! Save me! I don't want to die... I..."

He vomited blood as he spoke, his expression pained and twisted.

The Middle-aged Woman standing nearby was frightened out of her wits at this sight, her face turning deathly pale. She let out a scream and fled quickly away from this lethal mechanism wall.

The Fragile Girl was also so scared that she fell to the ground, covering her mouth and weeping uncontrollably. The fate of the Man with Slicked-back Hair seemed to foreshadow her own future; thinking that she might die the same way, she felt a shiver of terror.

The Man in the Suit was also extremely panicked. Up until now, none of them had seen with their own eyes how that middle-aged man had died, but now, this Man with Slicked-back Hair had died right in front of them, clearly and visibly. It was so painful, so gruesome.

This caused the Man in the Suit, who was seeing a dead person for the first time, to lose his usual composure, and his complexion became uncontrollably ugly.

His gaze subconsciously turned to Luo Yuejian, only to find that she still had a cold and indifferent expression, as if she didn't care at all about the death of the Man with Slicked-back Hair.

In fact, Luo Yuejian was indeed not feeling any shock at the death of the Man with Slicked-back Hair.

At this moment, Luo Yuejian was envious: If only she could die as cleanly and quickly as that!

She had spent so much time near this wall last night and hadn't managed to die; it just went to show that even seeking death was a technical skill!

Feeling the gaze of the Man in the Suit, she shifted her calm, indifferent gaze toward him.

"Hmm? Why are you looking at me?"

Luo Yuejian was puzzled. Suddenly, under the gaze of the Man in the Suit, she remembered something. Hadn't she discovered something last night?

She felt her pocket and, sure enough, found that she still had a black box in her pocket. Inside it was a key.

"Hiss, could this be the key to open this door?!"

Luo Yuejian never hid the clues she found; of course, the system wouldn't allow her to do that either.

So, the Man in the Suit watched as Luo Yuejian, with a cold expression and what seemed to be a hint of disdain (in his own imagination), took a key out of her pocket.

"...The key to the mechanism door."

[Holy crap! What is going on?]

[So, did the White-haired Girl have the key to open the door all along? When did that happen?]

[I checked the footage; she got that key last night!]

[Damn, she could have just used the key to open the mechanism door, but she deliberately didn't act, waiting for the Man with Slicked-back Hair to die. How terrifying...]

[That's really ruthless. Just because the Man with Slicked-back Hair said a few things to her, she just watched a life end.]

[Are you guys overthinking this? Maybe the little girl just didn't react in time?]

[Heh, even now, there are still people who think the White-haired Girl is a simple little girl.]

[For those who think the White-haired Girl did it by accident, look at the way the White-haired Girl looked at the guy who died. It was cold, without a trace of surprise. This proves she knew the Man with Slicked-back Hair would die!]

[The White-haired Girl is such a smart person, and she collided with this mechanism wall for real several times yesterday. How could she not have realized that this mechanism wall had a backup plan and could move to kill?]

[Exactly, I bet the White-haired Girl definitely already knew the mystery of this mechanism wall, and might have even figured it out completely last night!]

[She absolutely did it on purpose!]

She absolutely did it on purpose!

Cold sweat instantly broke out on the Man in the Suit. The sweat on his back soaked his shirt, and the hair on his forehead stuck to his scalp due to the cold sweat.

From the moment they saw this mechanism wall to the time the Man with Slicked-back Hair took the hammer and smashed it, for such a long time, the White-haired Girl clearly had countless opportunities to stop him, but she didn't do so.

Thinking back to the dismissive attitude the Man with Slicked-back Hair had always had toward the White-haired Girl, the Man in the Suit felt a chill run through his entire body.

Just because someone's words were unkind, she indirectly caused their death...

Furthermore, such a cold expression and indifferent attitude were definitely not the attitude of someone experiencing death for the first time! Who exactly was she?

The Man in the Suit looked at the corpse of the Man with Slicked-back Hair; the relief in his heart outweighed his fear. Fortunately, he had always been cautious in his words and actions and had never offended the White-haired Girl; otherwise, his fate would definitely not have been any better than that of the Man with Slicked-back Hair.

To be honest, the death of the Man with Slicked-back Hair didn't actually bring him much shock. For the Man in the Suit, the death of the Man with Slicked-back Hair just helped him better understand a corner of the White-haired Girl's personality hidden beneath the iceberg—vengeful.

Of course, this was purely slandering Luo Yuejian. Not to mention that Luo Yuejian had genuinely forgotten about the key she found last night, just considering the Man with Slicked-back Hair, it took less than three seconds from snatching the hammer from the Man in the Suit to smashing the door.

The Man with Slicked-back Hair was afraid that others would steal his thunder, so his actions were naturally as swift as possible. Even if Luo Yuejian had remembered she had the key, she wouldn't have been able to react in time to stop him.

Besides, even if she had called out to him, would the Man with Slicked-back Hair have listened to her? Would he have stopped?

This incident was purely a disaster caused by no fault of her own.

Luo Yuejian didn't know the psychological activities of the others; she took the key and went to open the door on her own.

In case there were any traps like arrows or poisonous gas behind the door, getting to it first was a win!

The key in Luo Yuejian's hand was indeed the key to open the mechanism door before her. Luo Yuejian's hand turned it gently, and accompanied by a "clanking" sound, the mechanical parts on the door began to rotate continuously. A gap slowly opened in the middle of the door, and then the gap grew larger and larger.

The door opened.