This NPC really has a problem

Bai Zhu suddenly raised his head and glanced upstairs.

The girl was interrupted in the middle of her speech, she didn't show any abnormality, she just paused for a while, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"

"...It's okay." Bai Zhu frowned and shook his head.

It's just that a ray of uneasiness suddenly appeared in my heart, but nothing unusual happened around me.

At this time, Xu Yan and Chen Jin came out of the small building together. Chen Jin looked a little listless, probably scolded by Xu Yan.

The girl didn't care about Chen Jin's expression, and said after seeing them coming out, "It just so happens that I don't need to tell you about it again."

Xu Yan was stunned for a moment: "What are you talking about?"

The girl said: "About how to modify the magic circle."

Four people can squeeze the small courtyard tightly, and Chen Jin is close to Xu Yancai without pressing against the vines on the wall.The girl leaned against a bare wall and said to them: "There are two magic circles that need to be revised, one is in the city lord's mansion and the other is in the main church. I discussed it with Father Lu Ren. There are six of us here. I want to We are going to revise the materials of the magic circle, two of the remaining five people, Lu Ren, are more familiar with the City of Reflections, so we just let them go to the City Lord's Mansion, and the three of you go to the relatively safe main church."

The girl looked up at the second floor: "That's what the priest called Lu Ren to go over just now."

Bai Zhu asked, "Shall we modify the magic circle?"

"Let me modify the magic circle," the girl shook her head, "you just need to find the location of the magic circle. The magic circle will be engraved on a certain object, there is one for the city lord and one for the bishop, and the location of the magic circle will not be changed." Too far from them."

Bai Zhu felt that something was not right, but apart from the fact that "modifying the magic circle" was obviously a pitfall, the girl seemed to have no problems with other words.

"If there is no problem," the girl glanced at their faces one by one, "Let's go now?"

Xu Yan and Chen Jin bowed their heads for a few words and decided to leave. The assimilation value was close to 90% at this time, and there was not much time for them to delay.Xu Yan pulled Bai Zhu, but Bai Zhu hesitated and didn't want to leave now.

The girl knew what he was thinking when she saw his gaze drifting towards the second floor.

"After the priest has explained the matter to Lu Ren, they will leave." The girl reassured, "It will not be dangerous for him to follow the priest."

Bai Zhu pursed his lips and asked, "Can I go with them to the City Lord's Mansion?"

The girl shook her head in embarrassment: "You are not from the City of Reflections. The goal of going to the City Lord's Mansion with an unfamiliar face is really too big. I'm afraid you won't find out soon."

Her words were reasonable, and Bai Zhu couldn't find a reason to refuse.

He glanced at Xu Yan and Chen Jin who didn't know whether to leave because he stayed in the courtyard, frowned and said, "Then let's go."

……

The door of the small courtyard was gently closed, and the figures of the three young men disappeared from sight.

The girl's eyes were always smiling, but at this moment the temperature in her eyes cooled down bit by bit.

After confirming that the three people had gone away, the girl turned and stepped into the small building.She kept her eyes on the whole way and went straight to the second floor.

The doors of the City of Reflections were not locked, and the girl's house was no exception. She easily opened the door of the priest's bedroom.

The room was dark, and when the girl opened the door, she saw the priest sitting on a chair facing the door, holding a person sitting on his lap in his arms.In the case of insufficient light, it looks extremely ambiguous at a glance.

But the girl just glanced coldly and asked, "Dead?"

"Dead." The priest said, raising his hand to caress the neck of the silent man in his arms.If the lights were turned on at this moment, the terrifying finger marks on Lu Ren's neck could be seen.

He barely made any effective resistance, and was cut off by the priest.

"You will find trouble for yourself." The girl glanced at the ground, and now the only chair that is decent is the one that the priest is sitting on, and the other chair fell to the ground, "Now there is another corpse to be disposed of. "

The priest smiled and said, "It's not too much trouble."

The girl asked, "Why did you have to kill him?"

The priest lowered his eyes and saw Lu Ren's face that seemed to be asleep. He seemed unable to bear the fact that this face exactly like his died with a horrified expression, so he specially adjusted a peaceful expression.

However, there was no pain on Lu Ren's face when he died, he was just a little surprised.

"I don't believe it's a coincidence that there is a person in the city who looks exactly like me." The priest gently stroked Lu Ren's hair, "He will be an obstacle."

Girls know these things.

In fact, she also doubted Lu Ren. Anyone who knew the secret of the City of Reflections would doubt Lu Ren.

He is not a believer of a good god, if he is a believer of a good god, he will not be hunted down by the Holy See and the City Lord's Mansion.

He is not a believer of the evil god, and it is very clear whether there are any girls who are believers of the evil god in the city.There may have been quite a few in the past, but during the sweeping of the Holy See again and again, all of them except her had been found out long ago.

Lu Ren didn't belong to any camp she knew, so who was he?

The girl didn't know the answer, and she didn't know how long it would take her to find the answer.

As the priest said, Lu Ren will be an obstacle, or to be precise, he is likely to be an obstacle.It seemed unnecessary to find out the identity of the obstacle, as long as he was cleared, he would not hinder them.

It was precisely because she knew these things that the girl helped the priest dismiss Lu Ren's companions.

But when she saw the priest killing Lu Ren without warning, she still felt a chill in her heart.

It is obvious that goodness is locked with a key, but it seems that no one's evil thoughts are as pure as the priest.

The girl lowered her head and played with her fingers, and asked casually, "As long as you think it's an obstacle, will you clear it?"

The priest smiled: "That's not necessarily true."

……

Chen Jin babbled out all the things he couldn't say at the dinner table.

What the head maid said, except for "modifying the magic circle", basically matched what the girl said. "Modifying the magic circle" obviously cannot achieve the effect of destroying the magic circle. The girl tricked them into doing so, probably for the purpose of using the magic circle in the City of Reflections for her own use.

And Chen Jin also knew through Bai Zhu's experience that the head maid can be trusted.

"I'm so lucky." Chen Jin couldn't help feeling emotional, "Being locked in a dungeon and doing nothing can destroy a formation."

Xu Yan didn't think so: "It has nothing to do with luck. The game will always find a way for us to get in touch with important people, otherwise we won't be able to continue playing."

Chen Jin asked: "Then just fold the key?"

Bai Zhu nodded, and said slowly: "But...do you know which key corresponds to the head maid?"

The three looked at each other.

Chen Jin asked, "Can I fold all of them?"

It's obviously not enough to fold it all.

But if you fold it casually and think about it carefully, it won't work.

"When we break the key, the lock corresponding to the key may react. It would be bad if we break the key wrongly and attract the bishop or the city lord." Bai Zhu said, "Which key is the girl and Father Lu Ren's? Only one of them was present, but now, as long as you approach the city lord and the bishop, you can try out the key of the head maid."

Chen Jin asked: "Then shall we go to the bishop now? Lu Ren will go to the City Lord's Mansion."

When Lu Ren was mentioned, the sense of uneasiness emerged again.

Bai Zhu paused, turned his head and looked in the direction of the small building.They have already walked for a while, and when they look back, they can only see the top corner of the small building, but not the second floor.

Bai Zhu was restless.

Perhaps the sudden splitting up was too strange, as long as Lu Ren couldn't be seen, he couldn't settle down.

Bai Zhu suddenly took out the three keys that had not yet found the corresponding lock from the inventory, and gave them to Xu Yan.

"You go to the bishop first." Bai Zhu said, "I'll go back and take a look. After seeing Lu Ren, I'll go directly to the main church to find you."

His expression was serious, and even Xu Yan and Chen Jin became nervous.

Xu Yan asked: "Did you find any problems?"

Bai Zhu was about to shake his head, but suddenly realized that there were not all problems.

What exactly did the priest want to explain to Lu Ren for so long upstairs?What the girl told him was to talk to him in advance, and Xu Yan and Chen Jin told him again after they came out. During this period, Bai Zhu hesitated for a long time. Even so, Lu Ren and the priest didn't come out when they left.

Obviously they should be talking about the same thing, so is it necessary for them to talk for so long?

……

When Bai Zhu returned to the small building, the small building was already empty.

About [-] minutes had passed since he left. During these [-] minutes, the girl and the others also left the small building.

Bai Zhu couldn't help thinking whether he had thought too much before, maybe it was because the priest dragged Lu Ren to talk more nonsense, which caused him to talk for so long.

He decided to go to the second floor to take a look.

The door of the room was not locked as expected by Bai Zhu. In fact, in order to facilitate players to find clues, few doors in this game have locks, or the locks can be used.

Bai Zhu raised his hand and twisted the doorknob.

The curtains were drawn tightly, there was not much light in the room, and the details of the furniture could not be seen clearly, only a silhouette could be seen.

But it was enough for Bai Zhu to see the traces left after the fight in the house.

Tables tilted, chairs toppled over, glasses shattered on the floor.

No more traces, everything happened in a flash.It happened suddenly and ended in a blink of an eye.

"Lu Ren..." Bai Zhu murmured.

He rushed out of the room and almost turned the small building upside down, but there was no one in the small building, and no clues were left behind.

……

As if waking up from a dreamless sleep, Lu Ren could feel that a long time had passed, but he didn't realize what happened when he was "asleep".

He seemed to be haunted, his consciousness was clear, but his body could not move.He barely lifted his eyelids, and with half-closed eyes, he saw the setting sun, a fiery orange disc, dyeing the sky red.Could this be a hallucination when he was haunted?Lu Ren had never seen such a large star on any planet, as if it would cover him in the next second.

Lu Ren couldn't gather his strength, so he closed his eyes tiredly.

Lu Ren didn't know where he was. In fact, after a while, the memory gradually came back, and Lu Ren remembered what happened to him.

He had his neck broken by the priest.

He remembered tilting the table and knocking over the chair as he backed away, little things that obviously didn't bother the priest.In fact, he didn't make any resistance at all. After hearing the sound of the cup falling to the ground and shattering, he broke it with a hand that didn't belong to him.

Unexpectedly, Lu Ren didn't feel any pain.

He lost consciousness for an instant, sinking into what seemed to be boundless darkness, where he had been when he awoke—a place he hadn't figured out yet.

Lu Ren didn't know how long he had been lying on the ground. There should be dirt under his body, and he could smell the fishy smell of dirt.

The body gradually cooled down, and the sun that was about to set on the horizon was about to take away the warmth it bestowed on the world.

At this moment, Lu Ren heard a familiar voice.

The author has something to say: [One more]

Today's first update, although it was actually written yesterday.

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Me: I want to finish writing the essay on New Year's Day.

Friend: Yes, how many words are you missing?

I:……

The unwritten outline alone has 3600 words, not counting extra stories.

It's black in front of you.