NABC Chapter 529 Catching Nothing
Chapter 529 Catching Nothing
At that moment, the ceiling light in the room suddenly flickered.
Immediately afterwards, a soft, emotionless electronic female voice came from a corner of the room—
"It's 9:15 PM now."
"Room 30 will be closed in fifteen minutes."
"Please gather your belongings and leave before 9:30."
Thank you for using our service. Good night.
The sound disappeared.
Derek, who was curled up on the sofa flipping through a car magazine, frowned upon hearing this: "Closing down so soon?"
"This is a lounge, not a dormitory." Vassim closed the copy of "The Old Man and the Sea" and put it back in its original position on the middle shelf.
Nikolai took off his headphones, removed the CD from the machine, put it back in its case, and returned it to its original position on the shelf.
Lin Feng and Evelyn put the golf clubs back on the rack, and Evelyn patted the chalk dust off her hands:
"I'll witness your incredible feats again tomorrow night."
"No problem," Lin Feng replied with a smile.
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Back in room 17, after a short rest, the four of them grabbed their toiletries and headed together toward the public restroom at the end of the corridor.
The public restroom was slightly ajar, and a cool, damp air, mixed with the smells of urine and disinfectant, drifted out through the crack in the door.
Upon entering, the layout of the bathroom comes into clear view.
A long row of washbasins lined the wall, with a large mirror above the countertops that stretched from the edge of the counter to the ceiling. A thin layer of water vapor condensed on the surface of the mirror, blurring and distorting the figures of the people in it.
The inner area is neatly divided into six independent rooms.
The four outermost cubicles are enclosed toilet stalls with heavy doors that are all tightly closed, so you can't see inside.
The two innermost stalls are shower cubicles, with frosted glass doors half-open, vaguely revealing the white porcelain walls and the gleaming silver shower fixtures inside.
Suddenly, the sound of running water was heard—"splash"—followed by a "click," and the door of the third toilet stall was gently pushed open from the inside.
A figure slowly walked out of the cubicle.
All four of them felt a tightness in their chrysanthemums.
The next second, as the person's appearance was clearly seen, the four people's tense nerves relaxed slightly.
The person who walked out was Jili Feng from the Kingdom of White Elephant.
A light-colored silk scarf was loosely tied around the other person's neck, just enough to cover the position of their Adam's apple.
Derek exhaled a breath of stale air: "Shit, that startled me."
Ji Lifeng raised her eyes, her gaze sweeping over the four people standing at the door, and a gentle smile slowly appeared on her lips.
"Don't be nervous, I'm a man."
This simple sentence caused Lin Feng's brow to furrow slightly.
Lin Feng's senses were far more acute than those of ordinary people, and he clearly detected the extremely subtle sense of incongruity.
The voice of Ji Lifeng before me was slightly different from her tone during the day, revealing a deliberate attempt to maintain a calm demeanor.
Not only his voice, but also his demeanor, the liveliness of his eyes, and the relaxation of his facial muscles were subtly different from those of Ji Lifeng during the day.
To be on the safe side, Lin Feng immediately calmed his mind—
[Infinite Deduction, Activate!]
The simulation space suddenly expanded, and the entire field of vision instantly turned gray and white.
Without uttering a single wasted word, Lin Feng strode straight toward Ji Lifeng in front of him.
His right hand shot out, fingers curled into a claw shape, and with a swift, upward grab from a tricky angle—
A textbook example of a monkey stealing peaches.
however.
When I touched it, it was completely empty.
Lin Feng's eyelid twitched.
Jili Feng was stunned.
For a moment, her expression was like a machine that had frozen in place—
The smile still lingered on her lips, but the light in her eyes froze, as if someone had pressed the pause button on her entire being.
one second.
Just one second.
Then, the black pupils in those eyes suddenly expanded, like ink drops into clear water, quickly filling the entire eyeball, turning from black to deep red, and then from deep red to crimson.
The air around her began to distort.
Wisps of black smoke seeped from her pores, her hair, and the folds of her clothes, as if she had been ignited from within by something unseen.
Clearly, this time he really got her angry!
Lin Feng did not wait for her next move and immediately exited the deduction space.
in the real world.
Lin Feng's pupils contracted sharply the instant they focused.
There is no time to waste.
He grabbed Wasim's arm: "Let's go."
Wasim's pupils contracted.
He didn't ask why, didn't have any doubts, and didn't even spend half a second digesting the meaning of those two words.
His body reacted faster than his brain.
He turned and walked towards the bathroom exit. As he passed Nikola and Derek, Wasim turned his head and whispered:
"If you don't want to die, come with me."
Nikola and Derek exchanged a quick glance.
The next second, the two turned around almost simultaneously and followed Vassim and Lin Feng, staggering as they squeezed out.
As soon as he stepped out the door, Lin Feng lowered his voice and said quickly:
"She's not Gilly Fung at all! Don't just stand there, quickly recite those two lines of verse!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he closed his eyes, his lips moving rapidly as he murmured, "All phenomena are illusory..."
The three dared not delay, and immediately closed their eyes and followed suit, reciting the verse in unison.
Just as they were reciting it for the fifth or sixth time, a sweet and charming laugh suddenly exploded in their ears:
"Tsk tsk, you guys are really paranoid."
"He's even more timid than a rat in a sewer..."
Derek's body stiffened abruptly, and his lips paused for a fraction of a second while reciting the words. But he gritted his teeth and forced the two sentences out from between his teeth with double the force, as if he were using his voice to drive something away.
The sound didn't stop.
It bounced between the four people's ears, sometimes appearing in both ears at the same time, sometimes sliding from the left channel to the right channel, like an invisible, mischievous ghost traveling inside their skulls.
"I am Gilly Feng... Why don't you believe me...?"
"I can show you. It's a bit small, but it's absolutely genuine..."
None of the four people opened their eyes.
They continued reading.
After reading it one last time, Lin Feng opened his eyes and quickly went back to the bathroom to look around.
The person named Jili Feng had completely disappeared without a trace. The empty bathroom was filled only with the faint hum of the ventilation fan, and there was no trace of anything unusual.
He turned to the three of them and said, "It's alright now, the danger has been eliminated, everyone hurry up and wash up."
Derek let out a long sigh of relief: "Damn... that was too close! We almost got caught!"
After saying that, he looked at Lin Feng with a face full of curiosity:
"Brother Feng, how did you figure out that guy was weird? He looked exactly the same just now!"
Lin Feng casually replied, "Intuition."
Derek simply gave a confused look: "Intuition?"
Wasim chuckled and stepped forward to pat Derek on the shoulder:
"You can doubt everyone else's intuition, but you must treat Brother Lin Feng's as the absolute truth!"