Chapter 0647 – Tearing off the disguise
Kindness is not just tolerating, nor is it the kind of self-deluding feeling that if you do good things, you will definitely get good rewards; true kindness is powerful, and it is a kind of virtue that carries through from the inside out for a lifetime.
Chen Ge is a kind person, but he is kind in a very special way.
Several people present saw Chen Ge’s serious appearance and were about to say something, but after carefully reviewing Chen Ge’s words, they all fell silent.
This was Liwan Town, which was shrouded in a blood fog, where the severe ghosts were rampant and there were homicidal maniacs everywhere, and one could lose one’s life if one wasn’t careful; kindness was especially valuable in such a place, but at the same time, kindness was also the cheapest thing to buy here.
”I’ll listen to you.” The doctor was the first to change his mind, he was a good judge of character, in his heart he had long since considered Chen Ge as his only hope of escape.
”Do as you say.” Scissors also agreed, and of the three passengers, only the drunkard was slightly reluctant.
”The minority obeys the majority, it’s decided.” Chen Ge distributed the four keys to the four people, “You guys try not to say anything later, just leave everything to me.”
After about two to three minutes, the fat boss walked out from the back kitchen, “Have you all chosen your rooms? Register here, in addition I have a few more notes to tell you.”
The fat boss took out a yellowed notebook from under the counter, which was covered in dust and didn’t seem to have been used for a long time.
He flipped the book open, on it was a room number, under each room number was a person’s name, what was strange was that some of the names were scratched out with a red pen, others were circled with a red pen with a cross on them.
Chen Ge didn’t know what these symbols meant, he felt that all the crossed out names represented a lost life.
”What I’m about to say next you’d better memorize it in your hearts.” The shopkeeper raised his hands above his head and made a very strange gesture, “The hall is the eating area, I will personally go to each room to call you when the meal starts, and the rest of the time you’d better not run around outside. The corner of the corridor is the lodging area, before the first floor is full, the second floor is not open, I hope you guys don’t run to the second floor out of curiosity, if something goes wrong, this store will not be responsible.”
”You can’t go to the second floor? The store isn’t big, but you have quite a few rules.” Scissors smacked his lips, the hideous wounds on his face shaking gently.
The fat boss seemed to have long gotten used to those scary-looking perverts and ghosts, his expression did not change in any way, patiently explaining to Scissors, “I’m doing this for your own good, because when it’s late at night, there might be other customers in this store of mine, and I can’t guarantee that those people won’t make a move on you.”
”Makes sense, we’ll be careful.” Chen Ge had the best attitude out of the several passengers, and not a hint of preparation to take over the store could be seen on his face at all.
”As long as you guys stay in your rooms honestly, nothing will happen to you, also I want you guys to remember that when you check in, don’t open the door to anyone, not even your closest friends.” The fat boss’s small eyes were covered by fat meat, and a slight change in his expression appeared, “I don’t mean to scare you guys, sometimes a friend isn’t necessarily a friend, it could be something else.”
Chen Ge did not take what the fat boss said to heart, the other party was clearly stirring up trouble, planting the seeds of suspicion in the hearts of several people.
”Alright, that’s all there is to explain for now, I’ll go and call you guys when dinner is served, for now you guys go and take a look at the rooms, the first night is a free stay.” The fat boss left again after he finished speaking, his pace was brisk and extremely inconsistent with his obese body, “Four more people have been added, we need to deal with some more food.”
Chen Ge stared at the back of the fat boss, he didn’t know the meaning of the boss’s last sentence, was it to prepare more food for the four of them? Or did he think of the four of them as food?
”Let’s go see the room first, relax and don’t be so stiff in your body.” Chen Ge took the lead and entered the corridor, using the key to open the matching room.
The internal layout of the building was not quite the same as in Boo’s game, it was much larger.
”Old man, high school student, woman, police officer, I wonder if these passengers will show up.” The police officer was the first to be killed by the boss in the game, so if the game corresponded to reality, then the boss should have a police sidearm in his hand, which was one of the reasons why Chen Ge didn’t just hammer the boss over.
”The room here is much cleaner than I expected.” The doctor was the first to enter the house with the key, looking through the beds under the floor and the closet.
”What are you looking for?” The drunk was puzzled.
”I’m looking to see if there’s any blood, or body parts or anything like that.”
”Come on, it’s hard to find a safe place, I’m afraid to go in and look around if you say so.” The drunkard followed the doctor, “Why don’t we stay together tonight.”
The drunkard was really scared, not only was he scared of others, he was even scared of a few other passengers, the scissors was obviously not a normal person, his every move was close to having the word homicidal maniac written on his face, the other man with the hammer head although he looked like a very nice person, but the words he said and the things he did were definitely not something a normal person could do, compared to that, it’s still the doctor who is a bit more normal.
After looking at his own room, Chen Ge carried his backpack and started wandering outside the doors of the other rooms.
”The old man lives in room number one, the tooth that can call out the red coat is in the drawer of room number one, and the spare key to the hotel is also in this room.” When playing Boo’s game, entering the old man’s room would give several options for Boo to pick one thing from several things to take away, but a game is a game and reality is reality, Chen Ge was ready to stuff all the props he could use into his backpack and take complete control of this hotel.
”Opened in the middle of Liwan Town, what’s so special about this building?” When playing the Boo game, all Chen Ge wanted was to survive, now that he had come here himself, he definitely wanted to dig out all the secrets.
With his eyes narrowed, Chen Ge inserted the key in his hand into the lock hole and shook it vigorously.
His key naturally couldn’t open the door to Room 1. He did this because he wanted to lure the old man out and then launch his next plan.
The only thing Chen Ge was afraid of in the entire hotel was the red clothes in the refrigerator, and the teeth in the old man’s drawer were the key props to wake up the red clothes, so only if he got the teeth first, he would have no worries.
After shaking for half a day, there was no sound in room number one, it was like an empty house.
”What are you doing? The room we’re staying in is over there, doesn’t it all have a door number?” The drunk ran over to kindly remind him, Chen Ge smiled faintly, took the key back into his pocket, and stared at room number one for a while.
He gripped the handle of the hammer in his backpack tightly and thought for a while that it was better not to be impulsive, in case he didn’t find the teeth after breaking into the room and the old man had already moved the teeth ahead of time, then the situation could get out of control.
”The longer we drag this out, the more troublesome it will be, and when the store owner realizes the danger of the few of us, it will be difficult to strike then.” Chen Ge was a very decisive person, he was looking for an opportunity, once the service staff in the restaurant revealed a crack, he would act immediately.
”Brother, the danger for the few of us is all on you alone, please calm down a little!” Knowing that Chen Ge wouldn’t listen to what he said, the drunkard ran to find the doctor, wanting to get the doctor to come along and persuade Chen Ge.
But just as he turned around, the door to Room 1 opened a crack.
”You guys are in the wrong room.” An old man’s voice came out from the room, and Chen Ge’s pupils narrowed as he used his Yin pupil to look towards the room.
There were no lights on in the room, and a short old man, hunched over, stood in the doorway.
”I’m sorry, we didn’t do it on purpose.” The drunkard hurriedly apologized for Chen Ge as he grabbed Chen Ge’s arm, “Let’s go, don’t cause trouble for others.”
The drunk man really wanted to pull Chen Ge away, all of his actions and expressions were from his heart.
It was probably because of this that the old man relaxed his guard after hearing the drunkard’s words, his grip on the door lock loosened, and the doorway widened a little more, revealing his other hand hanging low at his side.
That hand was scarred, holding a red cloth and a few polished teeth.
”Found it!” Before anyone could react, Chen Ge reached out and grabbed the door panel, preventing the old man from closing the door.
”What are you doing?!” The drunk and the old man spoke in unison, both tensing up.
”I want to ask you to borrow something.” Chen Ge finished and barged straight into the door, covering the old man’s mouth with a death grip, “Come help! Pick up all the teeth that fell on the ground, don’t leave a single one!”
The drunkard had been stunned, he was following a madman, right? Without any sign, without any reason, he suddenly made a move on an old man, and looking at this one-two punch, it was clear that he had been planning this for a long time!
The old man who had his mouth covered also forgot to resist in fear. Normal homicidal maniacs or severe ghosts waited until the dead of night, first making some weird and desperate atmosphere, then locking the trap a little bit, slowly forcing people to die.
Few people will be like Chen Ge, just entered the door not yet three minutes directly tearing the hands.
”Big brother! The boss is still cooking for us! You’re directly kidnapping someone’s customer here?” The drunk hurriedly followed Chen Ge into the house, he was afraid that the commotion would be too loud and disturb the others.
”This old man is not a customer.” Chen Ge covered the old man’s mouth and came next to the drawer.
”Then he is?” The drunkard had always felt that Chen Ge was inscrutable, and he was still thinking in his heart could this old man be really dangerous?
”This is the restaurant owner’s father.” Chen Ge opened the drawer as if he had returned to his own home and took out all the keys, teeth, some small things inside.
”His dad?!” The drunkard’s speech was a little sloppy, “First time meeting, what are you tying up someone’s dad for!”
”Why are you talking so much nonsense? Come over and help, tear the sheets and wrap them together, tie him up.” Chen Ge emptied the drawer and wrapped all the teeth in cloth and put them standing in his pocket, he turned his head again and said to the wide-eyed old man, “I won’t hurt you, and I also hope that you’re honest and don’t make unnecessary struggles.”
Although the drunken man was reluctant with his mouth, he was after all on Chen Ge’s side, he still followed Chen Ge’s words to make the bedsheet into a simple rope and tied the old man up.
”Alright, the teeth are in hand, now we just need to be careful about the possible presence of a sidearm in the store owner’s hands.” Chen Ge sighed in relief and gagged the old man with a pillowcase.
Hearing the rattling, the doctor and scissors ran over as well.
”Don’t look at me, he made me do all this.” The drunken man was filled with helplessness.
”I’m not sure how many living people it takes to feed a bulimic redcoat, but I can be sure of one thing, everyone in this restaurant must have their hands full of blood.” Chen Ge couldn’t wait to explain to a few people, “Go out first, too many people will be easily exposed, I’ll explain to you later.”
A few people had just exited the room when the fat boss’s voice came from the back kitchen side.
”Dinner is served!”
The fat boss and another man with a tall build and a chef’s hat pushed a food cart out.
It was a seldom seen large red food cart that looked festive, with nine cakes and a pot of black tea on it.
”Cakes?” Seeing the cake, Chen Ge was reminded of a scene in the middle of Boo’s game, how four people cut only one slice and shared the nine pieces of cake equally.
Perhaps it was a coincidence that history had once again resurfaced, Chen Ge, the doctor, the scissors, and the drunkard, they just happened to make up four people again.
”This is considered a midnight snack, if you guys are hungry, you can eat some first.” The fat boss still didn’t know what happened in Room 1 and looked at the several people with a smile.
Being stared at by him, Chen Ge, the doctor, and Scissors looked as if nothing had happened, and only the drunkard had a trace of apology in his heart.
”Have a seat.” The fat boss was very enthusiastic as he and the chef set the pastries from the food cart on the table.
The doctor, the drunkard, and the scissors took their seats one after another, and as Chen Ge was about to sit down, his heartbeat accelerated violently, and the sound of rustling electricity came from his ears.
”Xu Yin is reminding me? There’s a problem with the chair?” Chen Ge didn’t sit down and just threw his backpack on the seat.
Several people didn’t touch the cakes, in such a dangerous place, even drunks knew that they should never eat food from unknown sources.
”You guys shouldn’t be thinking that I poisoned the cakes, right?” The fat boss laughed, “I’m not a black store, don’t worry about eating, the first night everything is free, but if you guys still want to continue to stay, then I’ll have to collect some payment from you.”
After the fat boss finished speaking, he and the cook pushed the food cart back together, leaving only Chen Ge a few people in the hall.
”This boss doesn’t look like a bad guy.” The drunken man’s gaze flicked towards room number one from time to time, “He’d probably be pissed off if he knew that his dad was kidnapped.”
”Take a look at this tabletop and then evaluate whether the boss is a good person or not.” Chen Ge moved the cake out of the way, there were many knife marks on the wooden dining table, some of them were very deep, obviously caused by full force chopping, “Do you know why there are four of us, but they will be on nine cakes?”
”Why?” The drunkard had just finished speaking when suddenly his head felt a wave of dizziness and he almost fell to the ground.
”It’s broken!” The doctor and the scissors also had problems, they struggled to get up, but their bodies were getting weaker and weaker.
”How did you get hit?” Chen Ge felt that he had been very careful, but he didn’t expect that there was still an accident, “Why didn’t I feel vertigo?”
Chen Ge removed his backpack and used his Yin pupil to look at the seat, finally making a discovery.
The chair was worn, the surface was uneven, and under the cover of the stains, there were some very small dark red spikes.
Upon closer inspection, Chen Ge realized that they were living human nails that had been soaked in blood.
The cake was set on the dining table, and everyone’s attention was drawn to the cake; the chairs were taken out from under the table, and very few people would pay attention to the chair surfaces in this situation.
”It’s worthy of being a three and a half star difficulty, even with the strategy in hand, I almost flipped.” Chen Ge carried his backpack and looked behind him, the kitchen door was open, two heads were exposed, the fat boss and the cook had been watching them.
After realizing that the three passengers had been hit, the fat boss and the cook walked out of the kitchen with a smile on their faces, and they were carrying knives for chopping bones in their hands.
”You’re the only one left.” The fat boss’s tone changed as he tore off his disguise.
Looking at the kitchen knives in the hands of the fat boss and the cook, Chen Ge, however, slowly revealed a smile, “Rushing out with kitchen knives, this means that the boss most likely hasn’t obtained the police’s sidearm yet, later on, I just need to make the first move when they get close, and they’ll never have a chance to turn the tables again.”