127: Chapter 127 Alice's Doll Tea Party 20

Luo Yuejian had only asked casually, yet the question itself sounded inexplicably meaningful. Combined with her cold and ruthless expression, it felt incredibly oppressive.

The Old Man with a Cane felt a sudden tightening in his chest, giving rise to a hint of wariness. He stepped back unobtrusively, shook his head, and with a touch of kind-hearted amusement on his aged features, asked: "The Young man in a blue suit is inside. Are you looking for him?"

Luo Yuejian shook her head and didn't speak again. Instead, she began to silently calculate in her mind how she could make the Old Man with a Cane and the Young man in a blue suit each mistakenly believe that they were her target.

Meanwhile, the Old Man with a Cane was contemplating the purpose behind Luo Yuejian's little act just now.

He didn't believe for a second that Luo Yuejian had come down here just to look for clues.

That sentence from Luo Yuejian just now, at first glance, seemed to carry the impression that she was about to strike the next second. However, when combined with the surrounding context, it seemed to have a deeper meaning.

When he was initially climbing the stairs, the Old Man with a Cane had been on the 4th Floor, so he was very clear that the White-haired Girl in front of him had actually come down from the 5th Floor.

This meant that the White-haired Girl should be very clear about which players were on the floors above.

And the White-haired Girl should also be very clear that the only players left on the second floor were him and the Young man in a blue suit.

If that was the case, why did the White-haired Girl need to ask the superfluous question: "Are you the only one on this floor?"

Could it be a hint?

The Old Man with a Cane had many thoughts in his mind, and a flicker of worry crossed his eyes, though it didn't show at all on his aged face.

Luo Yuejian didn't speak, and the Old Man with a Cane remained silent as well. For a moment, the air fell into an eerie silence.

This eerie atmosphere was only broken when the Young man in a blue suit walked out of the conference room.

His gaze toward Luo Yuejian was also slightly surprised. Pursing his lips, he subconsciously glanced at the Old Man with a Cane, then quickly withdrew his gaze and smiled at Luo Yuejian: "You came down too."

Luo Yuejian nodded, her expression indifferent, and said nothing.

This attitude made the Old Man with a Cane doubt his previous speculation. He wasn't sure what Luo Yuejian's attitude toward the Young man in a blue suit actually was, and this would determine some of his subsequent plans.

But soon, they had no time to think too much about it.

Because suddenly, the ceiling began to tremble.

Wall dust and some plaster fell down in a scatter with the vibration. The expressions of the Old Man with a Cane and the Young man in a blue suit both changed, and they immediately realized that the players above must have done something.

They exchanged a glance, and the Old Man with a Cane immediately looked at Luo Yuejian: "Shall we go up and see?"

Luo Yuejian was eager to try at this moment. Changes were good; changes meant her chances of fishing in troubled waters were greater. Therefore, she immediately nodded: "Let's go."

Having said that, she walked straight up the stairs.

The other two players also followed behind her, rushing upstairs.

There was no movement on the Third Floor, and no sign of other players. Therefore, the three of them just took a rough look at the situation and, without lingering, continued toward the upper levels of the castle.

They climbed quickly, but the castle's stairs were of the spiral type, so the time spent climbing wasn't short. Between the Third Floor and the 4th Floor, they encountered the Little Girl with a Crown, who was running downstairs in a hurry with a nervous expression.

Upon seeing them, the Little Girl with a Crown first scanned her gaze across them, then said quickly: "The bearded uncle with an exaggerated top hat has already collected two gold coins and just summoned that Maid Outfit Doll."

This news clearly shocked the other players, and their gazes immediately became nervous and wary.

Obviously, the players present all understood what it meant for The bearded uncle with an exaggerated top hat to have summoned those terrifying Maid Outfit Dolls.

Possessing such a lethal weapon was simply unstoppable; it was like killing gods if gods stood in the way, and killing Buddhas if Buddhas stood in the way!

Through the hour or so of clue investigation earlier, as well as exchanges with other players, these players had all realized that it was very likely that every player's task was to take out another player.

But no one knew who the target of The bearded uncle with an exaggerated top hat actually was.

This meant that all the players present might be in danger.

The Little Girl with a Crown said with a grave expression as she ran downward: "I'm not sure who his target is, but you'd better be careful."

"When I came down just now, I saw him preparing to go to the 5th Floor to check the situation. I estimate that in a while, he's going to sweep through floor by floor."

After hearing what the Little Girl with a Crown said, the Old Man with a Cane and the Young man in a blue suit were immediately no longer prepared to head upstairs. They turned around, ready to go downstairs to find a place to hide.

Meanwhile, Luo Yuejian's heart also gave a jolt.

Damn it, she had to go up and take a gamble this time!

Take a gamble, and a bicycle might turn into a motorcycle! Luo Yuejian didn't know if the target of The bearded uncle with an exaggerated top hat was her, but it didn't matter. Getting accidentally injured would be fine too; getting injured was a gain.

But now that the other players were all preparing to go downstairs, it would be too conspicuous if she went against the flow, and it would easily be judged by the slacker system as intentional suicide.

Luo Yuejian hesitated on the spot for a while, thinking that perhaps she should just go downstairs with the others to see. Anyway, that bearded uncle with an exaggerated top hat would have to come down sooner or later, and it wouldn't be too late to find a way to offer herself up then.

And just as she was thinking this and preparing to go downstairs with the others, the Little Girl with a Crown passed by her.

Luo Yuejian, however, heard a very faint voice ring out by her ear: "The man with the emerald is on the 5th Floor."

This voice was clearly made by the Little Girl with a Crown, but when Luo Yuejian looked at her, she couldn't see any other expression on her face, as if this sentence hadn't been said by her at all.

Luo Yuejian was truly a bit confused.

Because she had no idea why the Little Girl with a Crown would want to tell her the whereabouts of The man with the emerald?

However, these words gave her inspiration, allowing her to find a reason to go upstairs.

Since in the entire castle, apart from The bearded uncle with an exaggerated top hat, only The man with the emerald was upstairs, didn't that mean The bearded uncle with an exaggerated top hat would conduct a more thorough search downstairs next?

Since that bearded uncle with an exaggerated top hat would sweep down floor by floor sooner or later, and continuing to stay downstairs would eventually lead to being discovered, then there was nothing wrong with her going to hide upstairs in advance, right?

Luo Yuejian thought sanctimoniously that she was doing this to deal with the crisis in advance, so it definitely didn't count as intentionally courting death~

Hehe, she really was a clever little thing.