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【Chapter 398, Investigation】

Mention the silver mask, and the teammates who have experienced the instance of Liuxi Village all have the impression.

When they were in Liuxi Village, 4 of Spades, the masked man they met was wearing a silver mask. The man's temperament is very special, and the mask on his face is also unique. Some strange black patterns are painted on the silver mask as decoration.

Shao Qingge carefully recalled the memory of the mask in his mind, and said: "No wonder when I saw the hunters in the maze just now, I thought their masks looked familiar, so I saw them in Liuxi Village before?"

Ye Qi walked up to Xiao Lou, and asked softly, "Professor Xiao, do you think the twins are also hunters? It shouldn't be a coincidence that they wear the same mask as the hunters, right?"

Xiao Lou couldn't come up with an accurate answer either.

A mask alone does not explain the problem. However, the origin of this person code-named White Fox is a mystery, and he may have a twin brother. Are the twins enemies or friends?

If he is a hunter, why did he gather a large number of challengers in the bar after the stampede, and encourage everyone to pass the level as much as possible to leave this world? But if he was on the side of the challenger, why would he wear the same mask?

Xiao Lou was puzzled. He looked at Tang Ci and asked, "Mr. Tang, is there any other news about this white fox from the Intelligence Bureau? Is he still in the bar in Sun City?"

"Wait, I'll check."

Tang Ci turned on the laptop, entered a large string of characters that no one could understand, and logged in to the internal network of the Intelligence Bureau. This is an information network established by Tang Ci personally, collecting more than 90% of the challenger information, including when they entered the main city, their detailed residence in the main city, and even their team formation, and their real-life status. partial information.

White Fox, formerly known as Bai Jinyu.

There is very little information about him. Tang Ci only knows that he came to Sun City half a year ago and opened a "Sunshine Coast" bar in Sun City. He usually lives in the bar. There is no way to find out the information of his teammates.

The intelligence bureau had limited information, so Tang Ci simply hacked into Sun City's monitoring system. He kept his eyes on the computer screen and quickly checked the monitoring information near the Sunshine Coast Bar. Soon, he fixed the mouse on a monitoring screen, pointed to the image on the computer, and said, "His bar is open."

Everyone enters the week usually at 0 o'clock on Saturday night, and it usually takes four and a half hours to clear the world week, and the current time is exactly 5:00 in the morning. It's not uncommon for bars to stay open all night. What's strange is... During the surveillance, Bai Jinyu happened to appear at the door of the bar, and walked into the bar with a bag of takeaway.

Xiao Lou was stunned: "Isn't he the challenger? If he was the challenger, he should have entered Zhou Chang's secret room like us, and there is a high probability that he hasn't come out yet?"

Yu Hanjiang analyzed: "Our weekly labyrinth took 4 hours and 38 minutes to rank first in the world. If there were no hunters who suddenly appeared to blow up the maze, we would not be in a hurry to escape and use the most adventurous method to rush out all the way. .Other challenger teams will definitely take more than 5 hours to walk through the maze according to normal thinking.”

In other words, if Bai Jinyu was the challenger, he would not be able to return to the main city so soon. Even if his team ranks second in the world, the time will not be so short. 99.9% of the challengers are still trapped in the weekly maze at this time.

Bai Jinyu appeared at the bar in Sun City at this time, and there are only two explanations——

First, he is not a challenger.

Second, before the opening of the weekly routine in the early morning, he forcibly opened the other secret rooms on the card wall and allowed himself to enter the secret room to avoid the weekly routine.

Tang Ci clenched the mouse, quickly retrieved Bai Jinyu's information, and said, "He came to Sun City half a year ago, and the ID card he used at that time was indeed the number of the challenger. The first four digits of the ID card of the challenger and the aboriginal Not the same, that's why I recorded his information. He didn't participate in this week? Maybe he opened the secret room in advance to avoid it?"

Open the fixed secret room on the card wall before the early morning of Saturday to avoid the weekly tasks. This is the method Lu Jiuchuan taught Yu Hanjiang. Some time ago, Xiaolou's team also used this technique to avoid several rounds of weekly tasks.

However, even if he opened the card chamber before midnight, could he come back so soon? His teammates couldn't be found in the database, so how could he succeed in breaking through the level alone?

The more people thought about it, the more strange it became.

Lu Jiuchuan stroked his chin and said, "This white fox is full of doubts, why don't I meet him in person?"

Yu Hanjiang immediately objected: "You are now the key monitoring target of the hunter organization, so you shouldn't show up easily."

"That's not a problem." The corner of Lu Jiuchuan's lips raised, and he took out a card in his hand. It was the [mask] he used when he was an undercover agent in the hunter organization. He could perform plastic surgery on himself and immediately change his face .

Yu Hanjiang just wanted to ask his brother what he wanted to change, but Lu Jiuchuan suddenly transformed into a fashionable college student in his twenties, with dyed blonde hair and a row of studs on his ears blinding people.

Tang Ci: "..."

Looking at the version of Lu Jiuchuan with the second stroke in front of him, Tang Ci looked away in disgust.

Lu Jiuchuan smiled and said, "Is there anyone willing to accompany me?"

Ye Qi was very interested in the bar and raised his hand: "I want to go."

Shao Qingge stopped him: "You'd better not go, on the night of the stampede at the concert, you showed your face in public, on stage

If you have played the piano on the Internet, you are likely to be recognized. "

Ye Qi thought about it too, obediently put down his hand. Qu Wanyue stood up with a smile and said, "Let me go with Long Sen. The two of us didn't show up in public. We were also invisible with the Chameleon card in the maze. The Hunter's monitor didn't capture us."

Long Sen also said: "Yes, even if they go to Moon City to check our information, it will take time."

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, and felt that it would be more appropriate for Long Sen and Qu Wanyue to go to the bar. Xiao Lou said, "Teacher Qu, have you used your [Invisibility Cloak]?"

Qu Wanyue took out the card: "No."

Xiao Lou explained: "We used it when we passed the 18th floor of hell in the maze, and the invisibility cloak is still cooling down. Let me borrow your card, and Han Jiang and I will go too. At that time, you and Brother Jiu will enter separately. Bar, hold Bai Jinyu, Han Jiang and I will investigate privately to see if there are any secrets hidden in this bar."

Qu Wanyue and Long Sen immediately handed the cards to Xiao Lou.

Tang Ci said: "The five of you act carefully, and the rest stay behind."

His gaze swept over Shao Qingge, Ye Qi and the others, and said: "For safety's sake, please don't disperse for the time being, and rest at my place tonight, so that we can take care of each other."

Everyone has no objection to this arrangement. Mr. Tang's presidential suite is large enough to rest on the sofa.

Lu Jiuchuan waved his hand, and the group of five at the bar began to move.

Lu Jiuchuan drove Tang Ci's private car and took the other four teammates with him. Everyone followed the navigation and soon arrived at the "Sunshine Coast" bar by the sea.

The location of this bar is very good. When you open the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the white sandy beach and the endless sea. At 5:30 in the morning, there are still many guests in the bar, and there are still many people on the beach eating barbecue by candlelight. It is very leisurely and romantic. .

There was soft guitar playing and singing in the bar, and a female singer was singing.

Qu Wanyue pricked up her ears and listened for a moment, then said, "This song... I've never heard it before. It shouldn't be a song from our world, right? Have you guys heard it?"

Everyone said that the melody was very strange.

Yu Hanjiang said: "After parking the car later, Xiao Lou and I will put on the invisibility cloak and follow behind to go to the bar to have a look." After he finished speaking, he looked at Lu Jiuchuan in the front row, and said, "Brother, even if you change He changed his face and turned into a rebellious college student, but he should be cautious so as not to be recognized."

Lu Jiuchuan smiled: "Don't worry."

He parked the car in the parking lot next to him, opened the door and got out of the car. He lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth. The rebellious boy with yellow hair, earrings, and a cigarette was brought to life by him. Xiao Lou couldn't bear to watch it. I just want to laugh - after such a long time of challenging the secret room, everyone's acting skills have indeed improved qualitatively.

Lu Jiuchuan looked at Qu Wanyue and Long Sen, and joked, "Let's just act as a couple, and act in your true colors."

Qu Wanyue smiled: "Okay, Brother Ninth, let's just pretend we don't know you."

Lu Jiuchuan said: "Well, you play your role. I will go in first, Han Jiang and Xiao Lou will follow me, and you two will come in in a few minutes."

After he finished speaking, he left the parking lot first, turned and walked towards the bar.

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou wearing invisibility cloaks followed closely behind, and they only had 30 minutes.

After Lu Jiuchuan opened the door, he intentionally kept the door open for a few seconds to allow Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang to come in.

This is a "Qing bar". The songs played by the resident singers are soft, the light inside the bar is warm, and the decoration is very stylish. It is not like the general High bar, which is full of smoke and demons. This bar is more suitable for three or two friends to hang out together Drink and chat.

As soon as he entered the bar, he saw a man with outstanding temperament sitting in front of the bar wearing a mask, holding two bottles of wine with his slender fingers, and slowly pouring them into the goblet. Showing dazzling colors——Bai Jinyu was mixing cocktails for the guests herself.

The masked man couldn't see his face clearly, only a pair of dark and deep eyes were exposed.

This mask reminded Lu Jiuchuan of the hunters he met in the maze, especially the black pattern decoration on the silver and white mask, which was like a mass-produced replica of the same manufacturer.

Lu Jiuchuan walked to the bar, bent his fingers and tapped the countertop: "Give me a tequila sunrise."

Bai Jinyu said in a gentle voice, "Okay, please wait a moment."

Soon, he mixed a cup of tequila for Lu Jiuchuan. This glass of wine is prepared very skillfully, the color is a beautiful orange-red, with a gradient from light to dark from bottom to top, just like the morning glow on the horizon at sunrise.

Lu Jiuchuan took the goblet and sat beside him drinking sullenly.

Tequila is a strong drink, but he drank it without changing his face, and asked for another glass after drinking it.

After drinking three glasses of wine in a row, Bai Jinyu couldn't help reminding: "This wine has a high alcohol content, if you drink any more, you will get drunk."

Lu Jiuchuan smiled and waved his hands: "Don't worry about me, just have another drink."

At this moment, Qu Wanyue and Long Sen also walked into the bar, and they came to the bar arm in arm, as if they were a couple in love. Qu Wanyue wore an off-the-shoulder dress, her long hair was scattered on her shoulders, she looked very sexy and charming. Long Sen was wearing a shirt and trousers. He was tall and big, and the two of them looked very good together.

Long Sen looked at Qu Wanyue tenderly, leaned into her ear and asked in a low voice, "What do you want to drink?"

Qu Wanyue's face turned red: "I'm not very good at drinking."

Long Sen glanced at the wine list and said, "Give her a glass of white coconut grove."

This glass of wine is very like the color of coconut milk, Qu Wanyue took a sip with the attached straw, the rich

The coconut fruit aroma is just right to stimulate the taste buds, sweet and sour.

Long Sen put one hand lightly on his wife's shoulder and asked, "Do you like it?"

Qu Wanyue nodded: "En."

Long Sen said, "Do you want to try something else?"

Qu Wanyue thought for a while, glanced at Lu Jiuchuan, and said, "I want to drink his kind."

Long Sen said: "Is that tequila? No, it's too strong, you'll get drunk."

Qu Wanyue laughed heartlessly: "You carry me back when you're drunk."

The two began to show their affection, and many single people in the bar were blinded by this loving couple.

Beside, while drinking, Lu Jiuchuan whispered in pain: "Xiao Nian, I love you so much... How do you say you want to break up? There is no one in this world who loves you more than me..."

Yu Hanjiang: "..."

Xiao Lou: "..."

Please go on with the show and give us both time.

Lu Jiuchuan's nonsense after being "drunk" was extremely realistic, and he played the lovelorn boy hard enough, only two lines of tears flowed from his eyes.

Xiao Lou looked back and found that Lu Jiuchuan's eyes were red, as if he was about to cry, he suddenly grabbed Bai Jinyu's arm, and said affectionately: "Xiao Nian, are you back?"

Bai Jinyu didn't push him away, but a smile appeared in his eyes: "You handsome guy, you're drunk, I'm not Xiao Nian."

Lu Jiuchuan stared at him with red eyes: "I'm not drunk, Xiao Nian, don't leave me..."

While grabbing Bai Jinyu's hand, he reached for the other's mask: "What is this on your face?"

However, the moment he touched the silver mask, Bai Jinyu suddenly made a move!

The man's fingers were as fast as lightning, and he grabbed Lu Jiuchuan's wrist with all his strength like eagle claws. His smiling eyes just now became extremely cold. Lu Jiuchuan was pinched by the opponent, and he didn't dare to move for a while, so he had to continue acting: " Xiao Nian?"

Bai Jinyu said lightly, "You're drunk."

He winked at the security guards beside him, and the two tall security guards lifted Lu Jiuchuan up and sent him out of the bar.

Qu Wanyue was terrified when she saw it, and whispered: "Is this handsome guy broken in love?"

Long Sen looked sympathetic: "I probably just broke up with my girlfriend and came to the bar to get drunk."

Qu Wanyue took a few sips of wine, and the boss handed her another glass of Tequila Sunrise, which was the same as Lu Jiuchuan's. She took a sip, but the alcohol was really too strong, making her cough. Long Sen took it with a smile: "I just said, this wine is too strong, you still have to drink it..."

The two continued to drink and delay in front of the bar.

At this time, Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou had figured out the layout of the bar.

The Sunshine Coast Bar has upper and lower floors. The upper floor is a small VIP room, the lower floor is a lobby, and the middle is a hollow structure, so the resident singers on the first floor can also be seen in the upper room.

Yu Hanjiang went around the second floor and found nothing suspicious.

Xiao Lou went behind the bar counter on the first floor, and he saw a door in the corner, which looked like a bar storage room, but the strange thing was that this door was locked, and it was a fingerprint lock that the key could not open .

Xiao Lou pressed his ear to it, and heard a rustling sound coming from inside.

The sound sounded like a mouse was digging a hole, or...someone was struggling?

He looked around, at this moment, all eyes from the bar counter were on Qu Wanyue and Long Sen, while Xiao Lou could only vaguely see Bai Jinyu's back. Xiao Lou quickly placed the drone monitor on an inconspicuous position on the beam above the door, and then returned to the bar, signaling Long Sen and the others to withdraw first.

The half hour of the invisibility cloak was coming soon. Long Sen noticed someone lightly touching his back, and knowing it was Xiao Lou, he drank the wine in his glass in one gulp and said, "Thank you, boss, for the wine you mixed. It's delicious, I'll come again next time."

He pulled Qu Wanyue out, and Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou immediately followed.

Outside the door, Lu Jiuchuan hugged the tree and vomited for a while - of course he was not drunk, but just pretended to be drunk. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw several other people coming out, and then he stumbled towards the parking lot.

There was no one in the parking lot, Yu Hanjiang opened the car, and everyone quickly got into the car and closed the door.

Qu Wanyue asked: "Have you discovered anything?"

Lu Jiuchuan took the lead and said: "This white fox is very skilled, and his reaction is faster than Chu Huaying. Huaying's physical fitness has been strengthened by many S-level cards, and his reaction ability is fast enough. However, the threat that the white fox gave me Stronger than Huaying. Just now I deliberately tested him, if I hadn't pretended to be drunk, my wrist might have been broken the moment he made the move."

As the captain of the Navy Special Forces, Lu Jiuchuan's fighting skills are already top-notch. Bai Jinyu can make him feel threatened. This person must not be underestimated.

Yu Hanjiang nodded solemnly: "I also saw that his grappling hand movements should have been professionally trained. Even if ordinary people have cards to enhance their strength, they can't reach this level."

He looked back at Xiao Lou: "Did you find anything on the first floor?"

Xiao Loudao: "There is a door behind the bar, which is a fingerprint lock, and I can't open it. But there is a strange sound inside the door, it sounds like someone is struggling. So, I stayed at the inconspicuous position of the door. drone surveillance."

Lu Jiuchuan praised: "You're still careful, let's wait and see if the surveillance will catch anything."

The identity of the white fox is unknown, and it's not easy for them to startle them, so they can only investigate secretly.

A moment later, a screen appeared on Xiao Lou's monitoring card——

The first is "drip"

With a sound, the door was opened, followed by the sound of leather shoes stepping on the floor, the footsteps were slow, like walking by the sea, Bai Jinyu unlocked the room with his fingerprints, and put a takeaway on the table.

Because the door was closed, the picture inside could not be photographed, but the sound could be heard.

A man said coldly: "How long do you think you can lock me up?"

Then another similar voice: "Stay here, have food and drink, isn't it good?"

The other party spoke with sarcasm: "So, I should thank you for your hospitality, brother?"

The sound of footsteps suddenly stopped, followed by more and more clear, and then, there was a murmur in the ear, the man opened the door, looked up at the drone surveillance, his masked face was enlarged on Xiao Lou's screen, Xiao Lou saw that pair of deep eyes slightly bent, as if smiling: "That's right, you actually set up surveillance at my place."

The people in the room were surprised and said: "Who is checking you?"

Bai Jinyu said: "The guy who was broken in love and drunk just now has excellent acting skills. I heard that Lu Jiuchuan has a card called [Masquerade], which can change his face at any time." He turned his head and stared at the monitor: "Lu Jiuchuan, is that you?" Then he took down the drone, pointed at a bottle of wine, and let the camera take enough shots.

Lu Jiuchuan: "..."

Xiao Lou pinched his brows helplessly, and put away the drone: "I hid the drone in a very inconspicuous corner, but he found it so quickly. This person is really cautious."

Lu Jiuchuan smiled and said, "I don't blame you, at least we have gained something from this investigation."

Yu Hanjiang frowned and thought about it carefully, and said, "The person locked up by him is his twin brother, right? The two voices are very similar. If it weren't for the big difference in tone, it would sound like asking and answering yourself."

Xiao Lou also agreed: "Just now I heard that person call him brother, why did he lock up my brother?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the secret of the brothers was really puzzling.

At this moment, Yu Hanjiang suddenly thought of something, and said in a low voice, "We met the masked man at the 4 of Spades, who is also Bai Jinyu's twin brother. And at the 3 of Spades, there was a hunter in the financial crisis chamber."

Xiao Lou's spirit shook suddenly: "You mean, the younger brother we met in 4 of Spades is very likely not a challenger, but a hunter?!"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "As early as the 3 of Spades financial crisis, there were hunters who killed 'outlanders', and replaced the identities of outsiders, and infiltrated our team. This may also happen in the 4 of Spades Right? When we saw the masked man using a card, we subconsciously regarded him as a challenger companion, but ignored that he might also be a hunter, a card obtained from the deceased after killing the challenger."

Hearing this, Xiao Lou couldn't help but get hairs down his spine.

At that time, a man wearing a mask appeared suddenly, and took away everyone's gemstones by means of telekinesis. Later, he joined everyone's team and cleared the customs with everyone... No one doubted that he was a hunter.

But if he is a hunter, that also makes sense - because hunters can haunt low-level spades secret rooms, the homestay thieves encountered in spades 3 is evidence, and the presence of hunters in spades 4 is not strangeness.

This can explain why the twins came to the main city at different times.

If the twins are hunters, they can freely enter and exit the low-level secret room, then the time when Xiao Lou and the others met their younger brother in 4 of Spades is not of reference. Maybe, the younger brother came to the main city half a year ago just like the elder brother, but just happened to receive a mission to kill people at the 4 of spades that day, and met Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang and his party.

——He is not a rookie who went to the 4 of spades, but a rookie who went to the 4 of spades.

Probably because he realized that Xiao Lou and the others had teamed up and he couldn't fight alone, so he didn't kill any more, but pretended to be a challenger companion to pass the level with everyone. The challengers who died in the village might have been caused by him.

Qu Wanyue suddenly said: "By the way, Long Sen and I escaped from the village very early at that time, and there were several challengers outside the village. Those who dared to leave the village at that time should not be weak, but then we met Professor Xiao At that time, those challengers had been eaten by wild beasts until their bones remained, could it be that... the masked man killed them? Their bodies were eaten by wild beasts?"

Long Sen said: "And later, the bodies of those challengers were found in the village. At first, we thought it was the death and injury caused by the infighting between the challengers, but we can't rule out that it was the man in the mask who did it?"

The more Xiao Lou thought about it, the more he felt that this conjecture was more reasonable than the previous conjecture.

When they met the younger brother of the twins, they had already agreed to join hands. At that time, besides Xiao Lou, Yu Hanjiang, Shao Qingge, Ye Qi, Liu Qiao and Long Qu, there was a team of 4 people from the same company. The staff also have a small number of cards in their hands.

A temporary alliance formed by scattered people, with more people, more strength. Maybe the masked man didn't want to do anything to so many people, so he chose to hide his identity and stay by everyone's side to look for opportunities. Because Yu Hanjiang was vigilant enough not to let his teammates act alone, he never found a chance, so when clearing the level, Xiao Lou and most of them chose Moon City, but he went to Sun City alone.

Bai Jinyu, as well as the twin brother, may be members of the hunter organization.

Tang Ci said that Bai Jinyu's ID card showed that he was the challenger...

It also proved that Xiao Lou's previous speculation was correct.

There are a lot of challengers among the hunters, so they are so clear about the challengers! Including all kinds of cards, as well as Zhou Chang's secret room. Moreover, they also brainwashed the aborigines of this world, making everyone frantically hunt and kill "outsiders".

Aliens"!

These people are traitors who have lost their humanity among the challengers, and they are actually killing their compatriots!

But what puzzled Xiao Lou was, what was the opportunity to transform the challenger into a hunter of the opposing camp?

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