Chapter 585: Chapter 584: Brother Cheng, Trustworthy

The butcher raised the butcher knife, while the chickens, ducks, and fish on the chopping board did not notice. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Guan Yu and the others observed as they walked in from the door, touching and feeling, wondering if the walls were made of foam boards.

They saw a group of photographers emerging from a resting state, lifting their cameras, and rushed up to touch them.

"Photography brothers, who just dragged Shen Zhousong away? Confess honestly."

The photography brother didn’t want to speak.

Guan Yu didn’t believe it, pushed them aside, and went to look at the wall next to them, while Chu Qiu was responsible for lifting each photographer’s face to take a clear look.

It was like bullies in the fields harassing good family men, making the scene a bit spicy on the eyes.

Shu Ran and the others were holding their arms watching the show nearby, and Cheng Zhirang watched everyone’s movements with a subtle smile on his lips.

But it wasn’t enough.

"There are no partitions here; although it couldn’t be confirmed if there were false walls when Shen Zhousong disappeared, there are none now, so he must have been taken somewhere else."

Cheng Zhirang started analyzing, thinking carefully, he and Mu Qiu were both good at pretending to be good people; their processes were quite similar.

Chen Yi curiously asked, "If someone is slaughtered out, will the broadcast notify us?"

Shu Ran released the arms crossed over her chest and asked, "Yeah, we haven’t heard any broadcast notifying that Shen Zhousong and Guo Yin were out, right? Could it be an assassination?"

"Seems like it."

Upon hearing the first half of the sentence, Cheng Zhirang was thinking of how to cover it up, but didn’t expect Shu Ran to immediately bring up an excuse, so he went along with it.

"Then maybe everyone slaughtered is being taken away silently, without being publicized."

He sighed, furrowing his brows, looking troubled:

"We barely have any clues, about why Shen Zhousong and Guo Yin disappeared, who unlocked the first card, and how it triggered the slaughter mode."

The others thoughtfully nodded, and then Shu Ran asked, "Did Shen Zhousong disappear while looking at these broken paintings?"

Cheng Zhirang nodded, "We considered that these paintings had hints before, so we wanted to take a closer look and see what clues are in the paintings the program team doesn’t want us to see."

"Clues in the paintings?"

Chen Yi and Shi Yuhuai hadn’t been with them previously to look, so now hearing this, they immediately looked at the paintings on the wall.

"Don’t look," Shi Yuhuai blocked Chen Yi’s action, unintentionally pulling him into a one-hundred-eighty-degree Thomas spin.

Chen Yi: "???"

"There’s a high chance Shen Zhousong disappeared after looking at these paintings; if you look, you might disappear too."

Chen Yi: "I’m quite curious about how the program team will make someone disappear under your noses."

Shi Yuhuai glanced at him, "Anyway, don’t look."

Although reasoning didn’t work, fortunately, Chen Yi was participating in a variety show for the first time and was willing to listen to the experienced ones, so he didn’t look.

Shu Ran was a bit skeptical, "Just one look and you’re slaughtered? Are the monsters the paintings?"

"Or it could be the air, ultraviolet light, or colors, who knows?" Guan Yu’s imagination ran wild.

Chu Qiu also began to let his imagination fly, "Maybe there’s a laser eye hidden behind these paintings? Or a monster refracting light and killing, used by Purifier to save people, which is the Ultraman?"

Cheng Zhirang: "......"

Shu Ran frowned, expressing disdain for their wild thoughts, "Have you watched too many cartoons? Do you think the directors seem like people who watch cartoons every day?"

Guan Yu didn’t argue, just casually asked, "Can you confidently say the directors won’t bring out an Ultraman? Come on, say it to the camera."

Shu Ran was speechless.

The program team could conceive of female guests wearing cheongsams and sitting on donkey carts, what else couldn’t they think of?

So she really couldn’t be sure this time they wouldn’t bring out an Ultraman.

Seeing she was at a loss for words, Guan Yu contentedly withdrew her gaze:

"See, no one can be sure the program team wouldn’t bring out weird stuff, so everything is possible, maybe some painting here has come to life?"

Cheng Zhirang neither agreed nor disagreed, after listening to their conversation, asked like a tour guide:

"According to the speed Shen Zhousong and I had at the time, and the time before discovering his disappearance, he should have reached the innermost position before disappearing. Even if the paintings are odd, it should be some painting in the innermost part. Let’s go in a bit further."

He took two steps forward, didn’t hear any footsteps, turned to see everyone else had stopped on the spot staring at him.

"What?"

Shu Ran smiled unnaturally, "We won’t go in, isn’t it very dangerous inside?"

Han Xizheng also liked uncovering her, saying, "Isn’t it because of a shadow, and you’re scared?"

"...Did I ask you to say anything?! Shut up."

Alright, everyone saw that she was scared.

Guan Yu and Shi Yuhuai among them didn’t seem scared, now looked at Cheng Zhirang teasingly.

"Brother Cheng, do you want us to go in? Go in to get killed? It’s clear Shen Zhousong disappeared inside, if we disappear too, what then? Who would eagerly compete for last place."

Shi Yuhuai chimed in, "Brother Cheng, you seem to keep guiding us in. You know for sure there are ghosts inside."

One question after another was suspicious, Shu Ran also began squinting her eyes at Cheng Zhirang.

"Brother Cheng, are you the betrayer?"

Good question.

Cheng Zhirang shook his head in amusement, took two steps outward:

"I just think there must be important clues inside. If you think I have ulterior motives, then we won’t go in, let’s first go to the school Li Yang mentioned, the clues should be the same. Is that okay?"

This appearance, candid and free-spirited, with the camouflage attire that naturally adds a filter, except for having the word: Trustworthy.

Guan Yu and the others were half-convinced, following him out of the museum, watching Cheng Zhirang’s expression as they walked.

He showed no frustration or regret for failing to deceive them, genuinely just wanting to lead everyone to find clues and the betrayer.

Their vigilance towards him was somewhat reduced.

Cheng Zhirang indeed kept his word, leading them out of the museum, walking beside them, asked where that school was.

"If it’s the problem with the paintings, then the place where Guo Yin disappeared must have paintings too. If there aren’t paintings, then the monster is something else.

It could be colors, it could be light, but it shouldn’t be a large entity monster, as the museum corridor doesn’t have the space to accommodate a big monster.

And a big monster would be a big target, Shen Zhousong would surely see it and make a sound before being forced to disappear. But I didn’t hear anything strange, indicating the monster shouldn’t be large, and came suddenly."