Chapter 4 Homeowners
Pushed the door and walked in, to Xia Yu's surprise, this store looked quite normal, he walked inside, this board game store looks not small, the hall on the first floor is semi-open, and you can see many customers along the way.
There are those who play chess and cards, those who play DND board games, and those who read books with coffee.
It doesn't look like a place like an evil organization at all, this relaxed atmosphere makes Xia Yu breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time a little nervous, could it be that he is in the wrong place?
Walking to the bar, a girl dressed in video punk style was holding a phone and talking to someone, chatting happily, and from time to time she let out a giggle.
"Hello, I want to ask......" He opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to speak, he simply raised the watch in his hand, the girl glanced at him, and when she saw the watch, it immediately turned into a very professional smile, and she guided very gently, "Hello sir, the VIP room is on the third floor, this road comes to the end, go up to the third floor and turn right." ”
Lounges? Xia Yu said in his heart, it seems that he has found the right place.
I went up the stairs to the third floor, and sure enough, I saw a room door that said VIP.
There was no lock, he pushed open the door and walked in, through a quiet corridor, but a black door appeared in front of him, the door looked completely different from the style of this shop, the door frame was bronze, carved with strange patterns and symbols, the door panel was pitch black, a strange relief of the human face was located in the middle of the door, the eyes were closed, the human face was surrounded by tentacles and eyeballs, I don't know if it was the effect of old or really many years, it looked mottled and old, It makes this door seem indescribably eerie.
Xia Yu palpitated for a while, and this door was a little infiltrating when he looked at the painting style, which made his originally relaxed mood rise up again at this time.
When he was hesitating to go in, there was a sudden burst of flirtatious laughter behind him, and as soon as Xia Yu turned around, he saw a man in a straight suit walking over while smiling and making a phone call, and the watch in the other party's hand immediately attracted Xia Yu's attention, which was exactly the same as the one in his hand.
The man was stunned for a moment when he saw Xia Yu, but immediately reacted, "Newcomer? ”
Without waiting for Xia Yu to answer, the man waved his hand impatiently, squeezed past Xia Yu, and walked in by pushing the door.
Xia Yu glanced inside, and it was really a board game room.
A long game table, covered with black flannel, surrounded by twelve chairs of slightly ostentatious shapes, and at the end of the game table there was an even more exaggerated throne, which was supposed to be the seat for the host.
There is a door at the back of the table, which leads to nowhere.
There were a few other furnishings in the room, chairs for resting by the wall, a coffee and snack machine in the corner, three ornate machines placed side by side on one side of the wall, with levers and buttons next to them, as if they were some kind of lottery machine.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like some kind of game room.
Xia Yu felt more and more puzzled in his heart, could it really be that he was thinking too much, Chu Mo's death had nothing to do with this, it was just a coincidence?
No! He secretly reminded himself that Chu Mo's strange behavior in the past few days could never be without reason.
He walked into the room, cautiously observing the others in the room.
There were seven or eight other people in the room besides him.
The guy in the suit just now, Si Sven looked like a social elite, and was smiling and greeting with the other two people at this time, one of them had a flat head, glasses, and sharp eyes, and the other was wearing a turtleneck sweater and beard, which was very casual.
The expressions of the three were very leisurely.
A middle-aged man sat in the corner by himself, holding a book to read, and it turned out to be the original English version of "Freud", he had a peculiar bookish atmosphere, which made people subconsciously associate him with the university teacher.
A young girl who looked like she was supposed to be a student, sitting in the corner playing with her mobile phone, occasionally glancing around, was obviously stunned when she saw Xia Yu.
A sloppy little brother who looks like a homeless man is drinking one drink after another.
These people didn't seem to have anything in common, and Xia Yu couldn't draw any reliable conclusions from his observations, but at this time, a woman walked towards him.
The woman's figure is very toned, at first glance, she is the kind of person who exercises regularly, with a full face full of vitality, sneakers, jeans, and a tight T-shirt, outlining a convex and backward figure, her hair is tied into a ponytail, she looks energetic and neat, and she is holding a bottle of mineral water in her hand.
"Newcomer?" The woman asked.
Xia Yu nodded, his gaze barely removed from the other party's turbulent chest.
"I'm Xuanniao, whose watch is your hand?"
Xuanniao? What a strange name, is it a screen name? Xia Yu thought to himself, "My roommate's." ”
"Is it short black hair, deep eyes, clothes that follow the crowd, and don't like to talk much?" Xuanniao asked.
Deep eyes? I really didn't pay attention to this, but the other descriptions are very apt.
"That's right, it's him, do you know Chu Mo?"
"Chu Mo? It turned out that his name was that," the woman sighed, her face a little gloomy.
"Of course I know, but I only knew his code name in the past, Black Warrior, we played a few games together, and we were barely friends, how did he die."
Xia Yu listened to it and felt a pang in his heart, he guessed correctly before, there was really a problem here, he didn't answer, and asked, "How do you know that he is dead?" ”
"I drew [Death's Gaze], I have never heard of anyone who survived, since he didn't come, he must be dead."
The gaze of the Grim Reaper? You can probably guess what it means by listening to the name, but why was it drawn? Could it be that this is some kind of cult secret society or something like this, secretly engaging in some dark rituals, life sacrifices and the like?
He felt more and more nervous in his heart, but the more nervous he was, the more he did not dare to show it.
"So Xuanniao is also a code name?"
"That's right, everyone uses a code name here, I suggest you take one too, although it's nothing to use your real name, but it's more convenient to use a code name when playing games."
mentioned the game again, Xia Yuxin said that ghost games can play people to death.
"I'm not interested in your games, I'm just here to deliver something."
Xuanniao smiled, "Hehe, you will be interested, no one can not be interested, after a while, the owner will come, you will naturally know." ”
As the two spoke, a few people walked in one after another, and at this time, the watch in Xia Yu's hand rang again.
He glanced at the screen and said, "It's time, the game is about to start, please get ready].
Xuanniao suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Look, isn't the owner here?" ”
As soon as Xia Yu looked up, he saw a man in a black robe coming out of the door at the end of the room, he looked like he was not very old, only thirty or forty years old, but he had silver-white hair, and his long hair hung down from the edge of his hood, making him look like a cult priest in a magic game.
As soon as he saw the owner of the house, Xia Yu immediately realized that this person was by no means an ordinary person, not only because of the magical shape, but also because of the feeling that this person gave people.
His eyes are very calm, but with a kind of indifference overlooking all beings, his appearance is very ordinary, but there is an inexplicable solemnity, like a god who has walked into the mortal world, so that people dare not have the slightest transgression.
However, this feeling only lasted for a few seconds, and when Xia Yu blinked slightly, that feeling disappeared all at once, the black-robed man in front of him looked like an ordinary person, and all the feelings just now seemed to be just an illusion, even the black robe on his body seemed to be just a cosplay suit worn to set off the atmosphere of the game.
The black-robed man came to the host's position and spread his hands at everyone: "Welcome to the game hut of the ancient gods, I am the owner Wang Li, the game time has come, players please take a seat." ”
Everyone found a seat and sat down, but Xia Yu hesitated whether to sit down, but Wang Li looked at him.