(The manuscript has been saved! Chapter 2.)
The five survivors planned to return to the lounge.
She listlessly walked to the corridor and stepped into the lounge through the open door.
However:
The first woman to step into the lounge widened her eyes.
Slowly stretch| Cover your mouth with your hands| Bam, she let out a scream.
Ye Yuehuan, who was about to enter the lounge, asked in surprise,"
"What happened?"
" Ah, ah, ah…" The woman closed her eyes.
Then he shouted.
"…Waaa
Nie De hurriedly rushed over from the other end of the corridor and shouted,
"What's wrong? What happened?"
The woman began to cry. was trembling| Shaking, she raised her slender arm and pointed at the lounge.
"This room, this room…"
"What's wrong?"
"Stop asking!"
Ye Yuehuan poked his head out from the woman's side. He discovered…
The lounge was completely different from before.
The walls, ceiling, and floor... The lounge was seriously soaked in a few minutes. The bar counter, table, and wine bottles were like shipwrecks that had sunk to the bottom of the sea for a long time. The walls were rotten and full of water, and the ceiling was dripping with sewage.
The resting room was soaked in water, and the dim oil lamp made it pale.
The woman seemed to be hysterical and began to cry. Nie De stood beside her, not knowing what to do. When he tried to comfort her-
"How could this be! Someone think of a way!"
Nie De, who had been shouted at, could only shut up and look around at a loss.
"This lounge…why is it like this? Although the words on the wall are still there…"
The blood words on the wall were exactly the same as before. Under the illumination of the pale oil lamp, it looked even more sinister and terrifying. The decayed table collapsed with a light kick from Nie De's walking foot. The wreckage of the table still emitted the smell of seawater. Even the floor was fragile because of decay, and with every step he took, he could feel an unpleasant softness.
"…Hey!"
Nie De, who was the first to enter the soaking lounge, turned around and stood in the middle of the lounge, looking over with a dull expression.
He slowly pointed at the floor near the door.
With trembling| His trembling voice and pleading eyes stared at Ye Yuehuan and the others. He said,"
"Hey…where's the body of the uncle who was shot to death by the crossbow?”
The woman suddenly stopped crying.
The corpse had disappeared. It was not in any corner of the lounge. Even the blood and brain matter that flew out disappeared without a trace.
The woman began to cry,
"There's something wrong with the person who disappeared! It must be that guy! Trapping us in the room, pretending to be dead, and secretly rejoicing when he saw us frightened! Hey! Get out here! Where are you hiding?"
Nie De was also stunned when he passed through the lounge and checked under the table.
"Calm down. I've confirmed that the person is indeed dead. It's true."
"What is it? Are you also an accomplice?"
Nie De's face darkened."
"Have you had enough?"
The two of them glared at each other. At this moment, the man who had given up on boarding the lifeboat interrupted,"
"…Stop arguing. It's too boring."
"You said boring?"
"Anyway, sit down first. I'm tired…"
The five of them looked at each other. He chose a chair that wasn't damp and sat down.
Nie De still looked impatient and absent-minded, and he began to shake his feet. Every time his feet shook, the seawater on the ground would make a splash. The young woman's face was pale. She sat on her seat with her hands on her head, and her smooth black hair fell on her knees. The other man seemed especially quiet, but his lips were purple and he looked scared.
Only Victoria and Ye Yuehuan sat down elegantly and calmly as usual.
The five of them introduced themselves in order. The man said,"
"My name is Morris. I am a cadre of the Foreign Education Department of the Kingdom of Suval.”
He did not intend to reveal more. Next, the young woman announced her name.
"I'm Julie Gale. Profession…No. My father owns a coal mine."
She seemed to be the daughter of a rich family. Morris snorted and interrupted unhappily,
"…What? It was really not bad to be able to live without working.”
This sentence made the stage actor, Nie Debasda, who seemed to have experienced a hard time, a little stiff.
Ye Yuehuan and Victoria also reported their names. Morris seemed to have heard Victoria's name before, and his attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees. However, he did not change his arrogant attitude towards the other three.
The five of them sat on the chairs, exhausted, staring at each other.
The woman, Julie Gale, seemed to have calmed down a little and whispered,"
"What is going on? Where was this place? How did things turn out like this?"
"Who knows? I don't have a clue either…"
"I don't know…"
Morris lowered his eyes and fell silent. Although the three of them shouted out their doubts, they noticed the silent Morris and Victoria, who had been observing the situation.
A quiet tension filled the entire room.
Just as his nervousness reached its limit…
Victoria, who had been silent, suddenly spoke in a rough but clear voice,"
"Morris…"
The man who was called suddenly jumped in shock. Everyone stared at the two of them.
Morris was as stiff as a frog being stared at by a snake, waiting for Victoria to say the next sentence.
Victoria said,"
" You warned my friend when she was about to touch the vase…"
"Ah, ah ah…"
"How did you know there was a trap there?”
Morris bit his lips. Julie and Nie De also whispered," Ah!”.
Silence fell in the dark lounge.
"Crash…Crash…"
The disturbing sound of running water rang out in the silence. Facing Morris, who could not answer, Victoria continued,"
"Other than us…the four young men, you eight uncles seem to know something. You speak in a language that we don't understand. You're the only one who survived in this group. Shouldn't you explain it to us young people who boarded the ship?”
Morris continued to bite his lips hard.
" Whoosh…whoosh…" There was only the sound of water.
In the end, Morris finally gave up. He raised his face and mumbled in a low voice,"
"…Because they look exactly the same."
"What is exactly the same?"
"It's exactly the same as ten years ago."
He slowly raised his face, which was as pale as a dead man. Morris opened his purple lips and said,"
" This ship is the Queenberry that sank in the Mediterranean Sea ten years ago in 1914. This ship had once been boarded by a group of children called Wild Rabbits. They were 11 teenagers with different hair color, eyes, language, and nationality. Due to some kind of calculation by the lord, they were chosen to spend the night on this ship. At dawn, I was ordered by my superior to board the ship to investigate. And then…"
At this moment, Nie Debasda asked in a low voice,"…Where are the children?"
"They're all dead! They are killing each other!"
The soaked lounge was shrouded in heavy air. Only Victoria and Ye Yuehuan were aloof, while the other three kept lowering their heads and staring at each other.
"Drip, drip…"
Colored water dripped from the walls and ceiling that had been soaked in seawater. The humid air surrounded the lounge.
After Morris said this in a low voice, he hugged his knees and trembled like a child.| He was trembling.
At this time, Nie De stood up and approached Morris. He grabbed his collar and shouted,
"…What's going on? What was Daren's plan? Why did they kill each other?"
"I'm only responsible for recovering the body. I don't know anything else!”
Julie, who was standing behind Morris, asked,"But why did they kill each other?"”
"I don't know either. All the evidence sank to the bottom of the sea along with the water in the cabin.”
Morris muttered to himself and raised his face in fear.
On the wall of the lounge, there were the same blood-curdling words as before. Morris looked up at it, his eyes filled with fear and despair. He opened his bloodless lips.
" Today is the tenth year. The lords who caused their deaths are all gathered here…"
As he spoke, his face began to pale and his shoulders began to tremble slightly.| He trembled with a crazed expression.
"Everything is over. We will all die.”
Because Morris was glaring at him, Ye Yuehuan shook his head. He looked at Victoria, who was sitting with her head lowered. Her face was covered by her long golden hair, so her expression could not be seen.
Her slender shoulders were shaking non-stop.
"Pfft, hehe!"
Ye Yuehuan shouted at her not to make any strange sounds and pulled her blonde hair up. Then, Victoria laughed seriously.
"Wahahahahaha!"
"Hey! Nie De and the others stopped playing with the ball and stopped pacing. They looked at Victoria, who was laughing, in surprise.
Victoria elegantly took out a pipe from her bag. Completely ignoring the adults at the side, he lit a fire and took a puff.
He slowly exhaled the smoke... and blew the smoke at Morris 'face. Morris choked and coughed non-stop. She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes.
Victoria, who had been smoking his pipe, finally put his empty hand into Rei's.| In the pocket of her silk dress.
The hand that pulled out the pocket held a rather familiar envelope. It was…the invitation letter that Victoria found in Rozanne's yacht.
After Nie De saw it, he said,
"Ah! I received it too."
"Me too. I left it in the locked car.”
"Morris…let me ask you something.”
Victoria looked at the diplomat, who was three times his age, and asked with a smile,"
"Think about it…Do ghosts know how to write invitations?”
“!?”Morris gasped.
Nie De and the others finally regained their senses. They looked at each other as if they had just woken up from a dream. Their eyes were wide open.
Morris opened his mouth.| Ba, it seemed like he wanted to retort, but he lowered his head without any confidence.
"But…but…even so, this matter is still very strange. This ship did sink to the bottom of the sea at that time. There were also the words written in blood on the wall. The blackout lasted less than ten seconds! How could an ordinary person write such large and long words in such a short time? Moreover, this lounge…was completely different from before!”
Tears appeared in his dark eyes as he shouted angrily,
"Explain yourself! If this wasn't a ghost, then what was it?”
"Of course it's a human! Sir."
Victoria finally stopped laughing and muttered in a calm tone. Nie De clenched the tennis ball uneasily, and Julie played with her chest habitually.| The heart-shaped necklace in front of him continued to pace.
Every five steps, he turned around and took another five steps-an unconscious but precise action. Victoria stole a glance at her and frowned slightly.
The heart-shaped pendant had quite a history, and there were still a few places where the paint had peeled off. The childish design did not match her dark red gown, but Julie still cherished the pendant with her fingers.
"These are all things that humans can do. Sir, think about it carefully."
"What did you say? What do you mean?"
Morris put his face close to Victoria, who turned away in disgust and said to Ye Yuehuan unhappily,""Huan, you explain."
"Eh? What does that mean?"
" Chaos's reassembly."
"Seriously, it's my time again.”Victoria rolled her eyes cutely. What do you mean it's my time again? How many times have you said that?
"Oh, first of all, let me tell you something. Ghosts can't write invitations, understand?”
Nie De nodded first, followed by Julie. In the end, Morris nodded reluctantly.
Night Moon Magic pointed at the invitation letter in Victoria's hand.
"Someone wrote this and told us to gather on this ship.”
"But this ship should have sunk long ago!”
"How do you know this is the Queenberry that sank ten years ago?”
Morris seemed to want to say something to refute this calm voice, but he shut his mouth. Ye Yuehuan continued,"
"I'm going to propose a hypothesis here.”
Everyone gulped as they looked at the confident girl. Victoria continued in a calm voice,"
"I think,'It's a re-creation of the ship by someone who knows the past.'”
The lounge was dead silent.
Nie De and Morris looked at each other in silence. In the resting room, only the sound of dripping water could be heard.
Julie finally came back to her senses. Trembling with fear, he asked,
"What, what do you mean?"
Ye Yuehuan turned to her. His attitude was still full of confidence. He began to explain in his usual voice,
"This is a rather simple and logical explanation. First of all, the Queenberry seemed to have sunk ten years ago. If this is true, the ship we are on now is a fake.”
"What…?"
"If you think like this, everything will be different. What do you think of this?”
Julie's brows were locked together as she fell into deep thought. Then, he asked in a confused voice,
"Hmm, in other words…"
Ye Yuehuan continued,"
"Use your noses to sniff."
Julie and the others sniffed hard. Although Ye Yuehuan had instructed them to sniff around, they were disturbed by the smell of Victoria's pipe, which was floating over from the side. They could not smell anything at all.
At this moment, Ye Yuehuan continued,"
"…Don't you smell the smell of paint?”
"Ah!?"
"Also, I noticed that there was something wrong.| Grape wine." It was the one at the beginning of the previous chapter.
"There must be the same thing in the bar in this lounge.| A wine bottle…"
Ye Yuehuan pointed at the bar counter. Everyone turned to look in that direction. There were many wine bottles lined up at the bar counter.
"Previously, Victoria uncorked the cork and poured the grape into the glass.| The wine had actually returned to its original state! Don't you think it's strange?"
Ye Yuehuan beckoned for Julie to bring it over. Take over| The wine bottle continued,
"This is a 1890, which is more than 30 years old, Suval wine.| Wine. This wine was on the original " Queenberry " that sank ten years ago. The prisoner had placed it on the ship in order to faithfully reappear. But…"
Ye Yuehuan shrugged, pulled out the cork, and poured the wine into the dirty glass beside him. The same bright purplish-red liquid as before| The body flowed out of the bottle.
"It's fake. If you pour it out like this, you'll find that it's freshly brewed| The unique bright color of wine. Long-stored grapes| The wine should be a murkier color. And in terms of fragrance…"
He raised his glass and brought it to his nose.
"Here…it's freshly brewed grapes.| The smell of wine."
"…What's going on?"
Nie De pointed at the label and asked. Ye Yuehuan looked at the label:
"This winery was destroyed in the summer of 1914 during the World War. It could no longer be bought now. This was probably after the new label was re-made and pasted on the newly brewed grapes.| Let's go with the wine."
Apart from Victoria, the other three looked at each other. Everyone looked uneasy.
"But, but!"
Morris shouted,"
"Where are the bloody words on the wall? Where was this lounge that was soaked in water? And where did the corpse disappear to!?”
"Morris, you don't have to shout, I can hear you.”
Ye Yuehuan frowned. Then, he stood up from the chair and slowly walked forward.
He opened the lounge door.
"I'm afraid this room isn't the lounge we were in at the beginning.”
“!?”
"We went to the deck before coming back here. After passing through the same corridor, he naturally walked into this room. Why was that?”
Julie said without confidence,"
"Because the door was open. The other doors are closed…"
"Exactly. Then that…hey! Golden retriever."
Nie De stood up immediately, even though he was upset that he had the nickname Golden Retriever after being called by Ye Yuehuan. Ye Yuehuan walked to the corridor and gestured with his finger,"
"Open all the doors here in order.”
"Hmm…"
Ye Yuehuan opened the door to the next room-it was a luxurious first-class room. Crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling, and there was a huge four-poster bed.| A soft sofa. Even the tablecloths and wardrobe were extremely luxurious.
Then, he opened the door next door. It was another dormitory with almost the same decor.
He opened several doors in a row, and the same room was endless. He was getting more and more annoyed. Ye Yuehuan returned to the lounge, then turned to the opposite side of the door and opened the door next to the lounge.
“……!?”
The scenery there made him gasp involuntarily.
He turned towards Ye Yuehuan and said,"| Night Moon's illusion nodded as if she had already known about it and waved at the other two.
Everyone looked into the room next door.
…Inside was the exact same lounge, table, bar, small counter, and…
The blood on the wall. The open portugal| Wine bottles and glasses.
The fat man's body was on the floor, pierced between his eyebrows by a crossbow arrow.
Julie and Morris screamed. He turned around and saw Ye Yuehuan nodding in satisfaction."
"We were in this room from the beginning. But I don't know who closed the original door and opened the other door. Let me tell you, this is a very simple technique!”
The five of them entered the resting room where the corpses were lying on the ground.
Compared to the resting room that was soaked in water, the crystal chandelier here was so bright that it made it hard for people to calm down. They found a suitable chair to sit on and looked at each other again.
Ye Yuehuan looked at the wall with his sharp eyes. Finally, he pointed at the bar beside the wall and said,"
"Blondie, go and see what's inside.”
"Eh…?"
"This is my answer. Let me tell you, I'm afraid there's something there that we didn't find.”
Although Nie De didn't understand the meaning of Night Moon's words, he still stood up and walked toward the bar. He followed Ye Yuehuan's instructions to see what was inside.
There was something that had been kneaded and hidden in the corner. Was it cloth…? No, that's not right. This is…
"It's wallpaper!"
Nie De couldn't help but shout. Julie stood up when she heard him and looked at the bar counter.
"Ah!?"
"Could this be…?"
It was a wallpaper with the same pattern as the wall. It was crumpled up and forced into the wall.
Morris, who was a step slower and was approaching the bar, shouted,"
"This, this is indeed…wallpaper…"
"Yes."
Ye Yuehuan nodded calmly.
"Listen, Morris. It was indeed impossible to write those words on the wall in about ten seconds. However, ten seconds should be enough to tear off the wallpaper attached to the text and hide it, right?”
(Fortunately, I read GOSICK on my phone last week and recorded the conversation here.)）I don't want to say anything to those main characters who are familiar with the plot dialogue. Anyway, I can't memorize it. If you were fantasizing about transmigration, you should quickly download the anime and upload it to your phone. It would fill up the memory.
Nie De sighed.
Julie, who was beside him, shook her head as she grabbed the heart-shaped necklace. Her long black hair fluttered in the wind.
"I see."
"What? After knowing the truth, it turned out to be so simple!”
Nie De started playing tennis again. Julie continued to walk five steps and then turned back, as if she couldn't calm down.
Morris was the only one who stood on his two legs, his shoulders shaking. He looked at everyone carefully and suddenly shouted,"
"Hey! You guys!"
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