869: Playing hide and seek, found in the basement of the house

When driving back to the front door of the house, it was already 8:53 PM.

This was already Mo De's maximum speed.

Fortunately, no other situations occurred along the way.

Carrying the meat and the doll to the front door, Mo De saw a scene that seemed familiar.

Dim candlelight flickered on the dining table, and the entire house was bathed in a gloomy haze.

When he returned home yesterday, it was his birthday, and the situation was probably similar to now.

However, the difference was.

Today, when Mo De arrived at the front door.

What he saw were three figures sitting still by the dining table.

Lin Yue's wife, Hong Lei's daughter Betty, and... the doll Betty had been hugging earlier!

Unlike before, this doll was now mottled and covered in bloodstains!

And it was sitting quietly on a chair, just like a person!

As he entered the house, the doll simultaneously turned its head to look.

Mo De seemed to see a hint of... joy... in it?

"Ding... ding... ding..."

Joyful music echoed from the side.

It was a music box.

The rotating figure moved mechanically, and the music seemed to have automatically started the moment he appeared at the door!

"Why are you home so late?"

Lin Yue's wife was the first to react, coming to the door.

At the same time, she took the meat from Mo De's hand.

"Didn't I get delayed for a bit preparing a birthday present for Una?" Mo De suppressed his emotions and quickly entered the state of being a husband and Father, gently raising the doll in his hand as a gesture.

"Wow, what a beautiful doll, Dad, is this for Una?"

At this moment, the doll on the dining table completely came to life, and a girl's voice came from within the mottled cloth doll.

"Una..." Looking at the dilapidated cloth doll, even though Mo De had his suspicions, his heart still trembled slightly after confirming that the other party was his eldest Hong Lei's daughter.

He hadn't expected his eldest Hong Lei's daughter to appear in this form.

"Yes, it's for Una." Mo De handed the doll in his hand to the girl with an unchanged expression.

And in fact.

Mo De's doll was identical to the appearance of his eldest Hong Lei's daughter at this moment!

The only difference was the degree of wear and tear; the one he gave was much cleaner.

Una herself seemed completely unaware of this, happily hugging the cloth doll and looking very pleased.

"As long as Una likes it." Lin Yue's wife also showed a smile next to them, but in the shadows, her smiling face carried a hint of pitch darkness.

"Then I'll go cook, you play with Una, and remember to look after Betty."

The woman called out and then walked towards the kitchen with the meat.

The kitchen door closed, and Mo De did not see the lights turn on inside; only deep pitch darkness was spreading outwards.

After waiting for a while, A Man only heard one heavy hacking sound after another erupting from inside, as if chopping at a person's body!

"Dad, I really like this gift of yours." The doll in front of Mo De, only twenty to thirty centimeters tall, spoke seriously.

"Mm, as long as you like it." Mo De nodded.

Facing this strange scene, he did not show any fluctuating emotions.

"Here, this is Una's reward for Dad." The doll Hong Lei's daughter took out something and handed it over.

Seeing what the other party handed over, Mo De's gaze sharpened.

This was a clump of hair!

It even had bright red scalp attached, as if it had just been scraped off someone's head!

Forcing down the unease in his heart, Mo De looked at the doll and asked as calmly as possible: "What is this?"

"This is Una's hair, doesn't it look good?" While speaking, the doll tilted its head.

Against the backdrop of the shadows, the bloodstains on its body seemed to deepen like freshly spilled blood, emitting waves of bloody smell!

Hearing this answer, Mo De was not calm.

Hair? Hair with scalp attached?

A Man's first thought was that some dangerous situation was arriving.

However, with a change of thought, Mo De realized that the direction of his thinking was wrong.

When these key figures provide things to him, in most cases it should be items containing some kind of information!

Una just said it was a reward.

So this scalp is not dangerous...

Thinking of this, Mo De did not hesitate and reached out to take the clump of hair.

The hair felt heavy in his hand.

That wasn't the weight of the hair, it was the weight of the piece of scalp from which the hair grew!

Looking at the clump of hair in his hand, Mo De still felt a bit uncomfortable.

But then, he was attracted by a patch of darkness that was different from the hair and the surrounding pitch darkness!

On the piece of hair in his hand, the black color given by the System actually appeared!

This thing is related to the dismemberment case?!

【 You are truly lucky, you have once again found a key item. Below, please pay attention to the new strange tale rules that have been added for you. 】

The pitch-black font appeared in the void, as expected.

This also made Mo De pay attention.

【 Strange Tale Rules Group C 】

【 11. Lin Yue's wife works hard cooking, please eat at least half a catty of the meat you bought to show your love for Lin Yue's wife's cooking. 】

【 12. There are some wardrobes and cabinets in the house that are your unique safe spaces, but they can only last for 30 seconds. 】

【 13. When your Hong Lei's daughter asks you to play with her, give her two slaps. 】

This time, there were three rule reminders.

Seeing rule 13, Mo De looked at his eldest Hong Lei's daughter Una with a strange expression.

If he were to implement this, he probably wouldn't even know how he died.

Speaking of which, he really got quite a few extra rules today.

The storybook, the bone cleaver, and this clump of hair.

However, the System's lie detection here only accumulated once with the bone cleaver.

"Ding~ Detected that the Host has obtained a strange item, do you want to fuse it and make it a part of yourself?"

Note: After fusing the strange item, you will no longer be a Human in the true sense, but you will possess power as strong as a Ghost, and at certain times, you can even violate some rules based on your own strength!

The System's prompt arrived without disappointment.

And when Mo De understood the meaning of this Fusion, his breathing suddenly quickened considerably.

Strange items, can be fused, and possess powerful strength?!

What is this?

A transformation from prey to hunter?

"Fuse!"

Without hesitation, Mo De said seriously.

"Ding~ Fusion started, estimated preparation time is 7 days."

Just as Mo De was excited, Ye Tian appropriately poured a basin of cold water on him.

"Seven days of preparation time? Does it take that long? By then, the case should either be closed or I won't have closed it myself and will be stuck in this World." Mo De felt a bit pained.

This was like holding a winning lottery ticket worth forty million, but being trapped on a deserted island with no way to cash it in.

Naturally, all of this was controlled by Ye Tian.

It's just a piece of Ghost Hair, he could fuse it into the Host at any time.

But the Host is currently experiencing the same case as the protagonist.

To avoid arousing the vigilance of the two worlds will, he naturally couldn't implement this obvious cheat.

Only after the case is solved and he leaves can this thing be arranged for the Host, lest he find it difficult to move an inch in such Worlds in the future, after all, relying solely on his own brain makes it really hard to get by.

Putting away the Ghost Hair, Mo De adjusted his mindset back.

Regardless, he would still be able to obtain extraordinary power after seven days, so this thing naturally had to be kept.

Moreover, this hair was surprisingly also evidence of the crime!

The Bosen case is related to this clump of hair, meaning that this case originally involved his own Hong Lei's daughter?!

No wonder his original self was so desperately searching for the whereabouts of the murderer.

Perhaps it was the guy who made his Hong Lei's daughter disappear and killed his eldest Hong Lei's daughter?

But this kind of thing dates back eight or nine years ago...

"Dad, play with me!"

The doll emitted the cheerful voice of a girl.

Hearing this, Mo De looked at the doll in front of him.

This kind of request, which sounded more like a command, made Mo De's palm itch a little.

【 13. When your Hong Lei's daughter asks you to play with her, give her two slaps. 】

In front of him, such a line of pitch-black text also began to appear.

"Ding... ding... ding..."

Crisp music came from the music box.

"Thump thump thump..."

The kitchen, on the other hand, highlighted the heavy sound of chopping meat.

Turning to look steadily at the doll in front of him, Mo De forced a smile: "Okay, Una, what do you want to play?"

After this sentence was spoken, A Man's forehead simultaneously broke out in a cold sweat.

"Let's play hide-and-seek!" The doll replied happily.

Seeing that the other party was still so cheerful, Mo De relaxed and let out a sigh of relief.

Actually, the choice of whether or not to play games with his Hong Lei's daughter was not difficult.

From his Lin Yue's wife's and Hong Lei's daughter's attitude towards him, it was clear that he played the role of a loving Father at home.

When his Hong Lei's daughter made a request to play a game, his correct action would inevitably be to comply.

If he really gave her two slaps, that would truly be courting death.

Just as Mo De realized he had narrowly escaped disaster, a patch of pitch-black text exploded in his eyes!

【 Hide-and-seek, Game Rules 】

【 1. You are the hider, you have 1 minute to find a hiding place. 】

【 2. Don't be caught by the Ghost! 】

【 3. You cannot leave the house, the Ghost may catch you in other forms, be vigilant. 】

After these game rules appeared, Mo De then heard the hollow voice of his eldest Hong Lei's daughter Una coming from beside his ear.

"Dad, the game has started, quickly find a place to hide."

"60, 59, 58..."

At this moment, Mo De's face couldn't help but twitch.

He regretted not giving this little guy two slaps.

He was truly asking for it!

While complaining in his heart, A Man did not dare to delay his actions.

He quickly walked towards the interior of the house, looking for a place to hide.

As for the layout of the house's interior, Mo De himself was actually not familiar with it.

After all, for the past two days, he went to the police station as soon as he woke up, and basically had no time at home.

It was mainly to avoid his family members.

It was during the process of moving around at this moment that Mo De discovered.

The layout of the house was very different from what he had imagined.

Apart from his own room, there were two rooms with locked doors on the corridor behind it.

Lin Yue's wife's room was on the other side of the house, Mo De knew this.

He pushed one of the room doors.

Somewhat unexpectedly, the door actually opened just like that.

This room was filled with miscellaneous items, indicating its purpose.

Without time to investigate too much, Mo De glanced at the time.

The time left for him to hide was less than half a minute.

He walked further into the house.

But at this moment, Mo De suddenly saw a patch of wood flooring on the pitch-black corridor floor that displayed a different kind of black!

This was the System's function to alert about key items!

As if he had anticipated something, Mo De reached out his hand to this piece of wood board and knocked...

"Thump thump~"

The inside of this wood board was empty!

Reaching out and grabbing the edge of the wood board, Mo De applied a little force.

"Click~" The entire piece of wood board was lifted directly, and a pitch-black space below it also appeared!

There's a basement underneath?!