Chapter 152: Fermentation (1)
Will we work together to find Wallace, or will we all fight it?
Silas does not allow anyone to evade this multiple-choice question. With his composure and firmness, he easily established his dominance, but only if Pinot Noir continued to lose consciousness. Pinot Noir said: "You seem to want to cooperate no matter what. But what if this is just your strategy? In fact, you are not as strong as you seem, you are bluffing. You offer to cooperate so that we will not be wary of you, and when we are careless, you will stab you in the back. ā
This made Merlot and Chardonnay hesitate again.
Silas looked at Pinot Noir: "I vomited the wine, I didn't get poisoned, I can even pat my ass and turn around and leave now, leaving the three of you here to fight to the end." Even if I don't cooperate, I have nothing to lose. I have no motive to be your enemy. ā
"That's the problem!" Pinot Noir laughed: "You said that you are an outsider and have no motive to be an enemy of us, then you should not have a motive to be an enemy of Wallace!" Silas, what purpose did you come to the feast? Let's be honest! ā
Silas' eyelids twitched, and she suppressed her voice that was about to explode, "I don't need to explain to you. ā
"If you don't explain it clearly, how can you gain our trust?" Pinot Noir pressed in.
"I repeat! I don't need to explain it to you! All in all, I have no animosity towards you. ā
Pinot Noir looked at Chardonnay: "Do you believe it?" ā
Chardonnay shook her head.
"Unfortunately, that's it." Pinot Noir shrugged at Silas, and the schadenfreude in his smile was far greater than the apology: "The four of us don't know anyone, we can't tell the truth from the fake, and the basis for cooperation has not existed from the beginning." Silas, Uncle Ben is here to teach you how to prove your sincerity without revealing your origins, for example, by sharing some information that you only know when you come here. ā
Silas: "What did you find?" ā
"It's true that there's something in the wine, but it's not poison." Pinot Noir picks up an apple from the bowl and tosses it to Chardonnay: "Crush it." ā
Chardonnay was dazed: "Huh? How could Iā" Snap, the apple crumbled between her fingers, juice splashing, startling her and looking at her palm over and over again.
"See, there's something in the wine that can make you feel strong and strong for a while, and you can raise the maid with one hand if you will."
Mellot squeezed the table firmly with two fingers and confirmed Pinot Noir's statement: "Could this be a side effect of the poison, though?" ā
Chardonnay stamped her feet: "What, it's still poison after all!" "Because of the force, the carpet stomped off the thread.
"So we could die two hours later?" Pinot Noir took another sip of wine.
In just a few words, Pinot Noir dismantled the advantage that Silas had established, and the shadow of death once again hung over the people.
Silas showed no emotional fluctuations: "Will we work together to find Wallace, or will everyone fight for it?" ā
No one spoke, only the deliberate sipping of Pinot Noir.
"Then I'll do it on my own. You can do whatever you want, just don't bother me. ā
Silas pulled the leather rope out of his pocket and tied her curls back to reveal her angular cheeks. He opened the door to the reception room, and Chardonnay shouted, "I'm willing to cooperate, Silas!" All along, let me lie on my stomach, let me kneel and I kneel, I am really fed up with the life of being at the mercy of others! That perverted rich man wants us to kill each other, so I'll do it with him! But just escape or not
Okay, because no one knows if we're poisoned! In the final analysis, it is still necessary to catch the dead pervert and let him hand over the antidote, and it is a big deal to die with him! ā
Silas snorted, "Thank you for explaining in detail what I said five minutes ago. And what about you, Merlot? Do you figure it out? ā
Melo sat on the sofa with her butt and rubbed her face vigorously, only after a few seconds did she raise her head, her red eyes revealing a fierceness: "I'll join in too!" As I said, I'm a painter and I've been asked to restore worn paintings and reliefs. At first I was surprised, why did the smudge on the oil painting look like blood, and why did there be nail scratches on the relief? In fact, it is all evidence that the victim has struggled! Wallace really wants to kill us, and even if we fight to the end, he won't let the survivors go! Let's work together, I'm willing to do anything! I must come home alive! ā
Pinot Noir leaned back: "Ah, I'm curious, why did you choose Silas over Uncle Ben?" He's suspicious! And 'I don't need to explain it to you'! "The imitation that suppressed the voice at the end was really lame and gimmicky.
Merlot looked at the wine bottle in the other party's hand: "You are even more suspicious than him!" You know exactly what the medicine is in! ā
Pinot Noir grinned, "I forgot to tell you that I'm actually a pharmacist. ā
Melo slapped his forehead: "Don't tell such an obvious lie!" ā
"I'll add a few words!" Chardonnay hurriedly said: "Among the four people, Merlot and I are both panicked types, while you and Silas are both calm and calm types, but you and Silas are different. You are like a veteran of Fengyue, accustomed to sweet talk, but indifferent in your heart; And Silas is frigid, and belongs to the kind of person who either does not prostitute and will never pay the bill once he has prostitution. ā
Pinot Noir shook the wine in the glass: "This choice is a matter of life and death, if you see the wrong person, there is no chance to regret it?" ā
"I don't regret it!" Chardonnay replied.
"Well, I'll choose to cooperate too." Pinot Noir said with a smile. "Don't be too busy refusing it, I guess the next prompt will be triggered."
At this time, the maid, who had been left out in the cold, spoke: "Distinguished guests, this message will only be triggered after you choose to cooperate. First of all, I have to pay tribute to all of you. Human nature cannot withstand the temptation, and in the corner where the light of the law does not shine, human beings will turn into beasts and be driven by desire, and it is rare for you to stick to the bottom line of human nature even though you know that you are highly poisonous. ā
Merlot clenched her fists: "Beast, is it fun to play with others?" ā
"Now that the ultimate goal of the game has changed from 'only one person will be left alive in two hours' to 'cooperate and find me,' the rules will change accordingly. I promise that until you find me, my feet will never set foot outside the mansion. However, since the difficulty of the game has been reduced, I will also prepare some surprises, so stay tuned. ā
After the maid finished speaking, Silas said, "I have no doubt that he will take into account the situation of 'guests fleeing', and then set up a mechanism on the perimeter of the courtyard." No, it's likely that there are mechanisms in the mansion as well. Merlot, you have been here since the morning, and you have more information than we have, so please tell me what you have observed, and you must not miss anything. ā
Chardonnay looked back at the hourglass: "Aren't we in a hurry?" ā
"There is a proverb in mainland China, 'If a craftsman wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools'. The mansion is very large, and the inefficiency of random search is very low. Merlot took out her charcoal pen and sketched it on the table: "This is a diagram of the structure of the mansion that I drew from memory." The mansion is divided into three floors, and this is the first floor...... This is the staircase, here is the terrace. ā
Silas pointed to the section
Color block: "Why black?" ā
"I am sensitive to distance, and from the measure of my footsteps, I have come to the conclusion that there are hidden mezzanines or secret rooms in the mansion, and at first glance there is no entrance. A lot of rich people designed their mansions like this, I didn't think much of it at the time, and now it seems that Wallace must have been hiding in it. ā
Silas patted Melo on the shoulder and sighed, "It's great that you can cooperate, and the odds are much greater." Why is the third layer blank? ā
"I wasn't allowed to go up, I didn't know anything about the structure there."
"Gentlemen, now that you know the situation, let's act quickly!" During this time, the Chardonnay saw the hourglass more than 20 times.
Silas rolled up his sleeves: "One last thing. He tore down the curtains and twisted them into ropes, tying the maid's hands and feet. The maid was expressionless and at her mercy.
Chardonnay frowned: "What's the matter with this woman?" I didn't react at all, I can't do what I do. ā
Silas patted the dust on his hands: "It's like this when you hit the [Charm Technique]. ā
"What?" Chardonnay asked.
Silas glanced at the three of them vigilantly, "It's nothing. Let's go. ā
With the exception of Syrah, all three brought something from the reception room, Chardonnay with a dinner knife, Merlot with a lantern, and Pinot Noir with wine. Coming to the hall, Merlot pointed to the rows of mirrors and said, "Everyone, please see, the designer boldly used mirrors as decoration, using the refraction and reflection of light to create a dazzling sense of space!" ā
"When are you still showing off!" Chardonnay kicked him.
"Behind the wall is a secret room?" Silas pressed his ear against the wall and tapped, "Hollow indeed." Let's find a mechanism. ā
The four of them inspected the wall separately, and two minutes later, Pinot Noir got impatient and punched the mirror, leaving a dark passage behind the hole. Silas told the rest of the people to stay outside, while he went in with a lantern to check, and after a while he came out and said, "It's safe inside, you can go in groups of two." ā
Pinot Noir continued to drink: "Uncle Ben is afraid of the dark, so he won't go in." ā
Merlot took the lantern, Chardonnay grabbed Merlot's arm, and the two snuggled into the passage. I only heard Merlot shouting, "How can this be! These mirrors turned out to be one-way mirrors?! ā
"If we choose to fight each other, Wallace can look through the mirror. The purpose of the secret room is to have fun. Silas said. In this way, most rooms with mirrors are strange. ā
Merlot, who came out of the passage, said dumbly: "No wonder we can't find the entrance, the entrance is on the second floor, but there are no stairs and no ropes, how did Wallace get in and out of the passage?" ā
Silas: "Who knows? ā
Merlot said to Chardonnay: "Pinot Noir hasn't seen it yet, you take him to see it?" ā
Chardonnay smiled and enthusiastically dragged Pinot Noir into the aisle. After confirming that the two of them were far away, Merlot lowered his voice: "There are so many expensive pieces of furniture in this luxurious mansion, but there is no silverware, not a single one, as if the owner of the mansion hates silverware." ā
Silas glanced at him, "You guessed?" ā
Merlot's cheeks turned pale.
The people of De Gouresun knew that it was the vampires who feared silver the most. If Wallace is a vampire, it makes sense that there are no climbers at the entrance to the passage, as vampires can also turn into bats to fly. Wallace said, "I promise that until you find me, my feet will never set foot outside the mansion...... It's a good word game.
It turns out that the guests are the ingredients for the dinner.