Chapter 9 Cat and Mouse

Chapter 9 Cat and Mouse

Chapter 9 Cat and Mouse
In the morning, ten twenty-seven.

Twenty-four floors.

After finding that there was no fire, people began to return to the 24th floor from the next floor. However, they found that the entrance doors on the east and west sides were "locked" and could not be opened at all.

I knocked on the door, but no one answered.

It was not until the firefighters came running up that Du Lei walked to the door and said through the door that only a few pieces of clothing were burned and the fire had been dealt with.

The people in the fire brigade were confused, but Du Lei, as the manager and person in charge here, naturally knew how to deal with the situation. After sending the people away, Du Lei only responded with one sentence to the inquiries of other employees.

"You go downstairs first."

No explanation, no instructions.

Major issues to minor ones out.

As a manager, you have this right.

Du Lei walked back and sat down on a chair, wiping his sweat, his eyes fixed on Luo Xi over there.

"Tell me, what are we going to do next?"

Although Du Lei didn't want to admit it, the current situation was clearly under the control of Luo Xi.

When did you take control?

Was it when the other party started to deliberately set the fire, or was it when he told everyone calmly that Brother Mao was downstairs?
Or maybe it was when this guy mentioned the eight-player game?
When it comes to dealing with people and social experience, Du Lei thinks he is much better than the young people in the company. So when he suddenly found that time went back to the morning of that day after a terrifying encounter, he did not panic, but explored the truth of the matter. After obtaining some key "intelligence", he tried hard to preserve his memory after each terrible killing.

In Du Lei's opinion, only by preserving memories can one be truly "alive".

In his eyes, people with amnesia are nothing more than the walking dead.

In addition, he knew very well that only by preserving his memory could he escape from this terrible 'nightmare'.

Du Lei is very conceited, and this feeling becomes more and more obvious as he saves more memories.

Even though the situation seemed to be controlled by Luo Xi at this moment, Du Lei still believed that he was the one who truly controlled everything. For example, he felt that he had seen through the opponent's tricks, and now he was just playing along.

"Through intentional arson, triggering the fire alarm and the fear of Brother Mao, the people who have recalled memories are selected. In this way, everyone gathers together and knows their identities, so it is difficult to kill people. At least, they cannot be killed in person. It seems that this guy does know a lot of things. He must have concealed a lot of things. This is definitely not the first time he has preserved his memory. This bastard is cheating people. He is lying, but I can play this scene with him to see what he is going to do. After all, young people lack experience and do not understand the principle of the mantis stalking the cicada while the oriole is behind."

"Feng Kai is my man, and Guo Zening can also be fought for. Even without Guo Zening, we still have the greatest force. If we really fight, no one will be afraid. Thinking this way, there are also benefits to everyone exposing their identities. For example, we don't need to go through the trouble of looking for the Shi Yi people like in the past."

Du Lei was thinking about the benefits.

He had even secretly discussed with Feng Kai that if Liu Mao started the killing time, they would be the first to kill.

Kill one more person and you'll get one more memory card.

"Heh, if I can't beat Brother Mao, I can't beat you guys?"

Luo Xi has been silent since just now, seemingly thinking about something.

Hearing Du Lei's question, he acted like a person who was immersed and focused on something and was suddenly interrupted: "Mr. Du, what did you say?"

Du Lei was a little unhappy and frowned, "I'm asking, what are you going to do next? You said before that you have a plan to pass the level, tell me about it."

"Oh, right!" Luo Xi seemed to have just woken up from a dream. He checked the time and said, "Where were we talking about just now? Yes, cat and mouse. The current situation can be simply seen as a game of cat and mouse."

Just now, Luo Xi specifically talked about some things about the day of confinement and the known rules.

It is mainly for the two newbies Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan.

After hearing this, the two men were struck by lightning. They were stunned and have not recovered yet.

"And the sad thing is, the mice tried their best, even at the cost of killing each other, just to ensure that in the next round, they would still be the mice that had to hide from place to place," Luo Xi said with a hint of meaning.

Du Lei and Feng Kai both looked unhappy, one had a dagger hidden in his smile, and the other had a murderous look in his eyes.

Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan subconsciously stayed away from Du Lei and Feng Kai, because according to Luo Xi, under the premise that they could not escape Brother Mao's killing time, the only way to preserve their memories was to kill other memory collectors.

Obviously, according to what they said before, Du Lei saved the memory eight times, so he killed at least eight people. Although Feng Kai did not disclose the number of times he saved the memory, it was definitely more than once, which means he killed at least one person.

"Like I said before, we are all 'rats', we should not kill each other, but work together to find a way out. Otherwise, the rats' memories will be emptied. Even if you have extra memory cards, it will be useless. As long as Brother Mao comes to surprise us a few more times like last time, how many memory cards can you use?" Luo Xi saw that Du Lei and Feng Kai were about to take action, so he gave a 'warning'. Because what he said was the truth, and it was a fact that even a fool could think of.

"Stop being so mysterious. If you have something to say, just say it." Feng Kai yelled.

At this time, Luo Xi glanced at Feng Kai. Although he had no expression, his pair of indifferent eyes made Feng Kai's hair stand on end the next moment.

"Luo Xi, just tell us what you think. If you don't have a solution, don't waste everyone's time." Du Lei obviously lost his patience.

One of the important reasons why he didn't dare to do anything like arson or change the seemingly quiet and peaceful situation was that he was afraid of "stimulating" Liu Mao. Now it was less than half past ten in the morning, and the situation was already a little difficult to handle. The killing time had indeed not started yet, but who knew if it would suddenly start in the next minute or the next second.

"The focus is on the cat!" Luo Xi said at this time: "I know that what you said before was half true and half false, including the person who told me these rules, may not be telling the truth, but the next question, Mr. Du, you must answer truthfully, which will determine whether we can solve the cat."

The four words "deal with the cat" were like a stimulant, making Du Lei stand up from his seat.

Although he knew that the other party might be talking nonsense, he still couldn't help himself. He knew very well that if he could really "get rid of the cat", the situation would be completely different.

After all, another subtext of preserving memory is death.

Only by experiencing death can we have the concept of preserving memories.

No one wants to be killed repeatedly in different ways by some evil ghost-like monster on the same day. People who have not experienced it cannot understand that feeling at all.

"What's the question? Ask it."

"Have you ever seen Brother Mao transform?"

"No!" Du Lei thought for a moment and said with certainty: "He always starts the killing time suddenly, without any pattern, and when he crawls out, it's like that, every time."

"So, every time there was a killing, did Mao crawl out of the closet?"

"Cabinet?" Du Lei was stunned: "What cabinet?"

Feng Kai interrupted at this time: "Brother Lei, the last time Liu Mao turned into a ghost, Gao Shengjie saw it, he screamed, and attracted a lot of people, I also went to see, in the men's locker room, Liu Mao climbed out of the cabinet."

"There is such a thing?" Du Lei seemed to be unaware of it.

After thinking for a while, Du Lei asked uncertainly: "You mean, the focus is on the cabinet?"

"Yes, but this is just my guess. So I set fire to the locker room before, in addition to screening, to destroy the lockers in the men's locker room on the 24th floor was another purpose." Luo Xi expressed some of his thoughts.

"But, there are also lockers in the women's locker room," Zhang Yanan reminded at this time.

"It shouldn't be possible. Brother Mao is a man, and his monster form should only be born in the men's locker room." Luo Xi had just finished speaking when Feng Kai asked back, "How can you be sure? Besides, if you are going to burn it down, why not burn down the women's locker room as well?"

"He is verifying his guess." Du Lei spoke up at this time, explaining for Luo Xi: "If Brother Mao crawls out of the women's locker room later, it means that he guessed wrong. On the contrary, the possibility is very high. Although the 23rd floor downstairs was not burned, at least the 24th floor is temporarily confirmed to be safe, right, Luo Da smart?"

Luo Xi is immune to ridicule.

In his opinion, making fun of and mocking others is meaningless and is the behavior of the weak.

He only looks at the benefits.

"Mr. Du, what do you think are our chances of winning if we confront Brother Mao head-on?" Luo Xi suddenly asked a question.

Du Lei was stunned after hearing this, then shook his head without hesitation: "If you want to die, don't take me with you."

"The chances of winning are slim?" Luo Xi seemed puzzled.

Du Lei suddenly got angry, slammed the table and shouted, "It's not small, it's impossible. There is not even the slightest possibility. Let alone a few of us, even if our number is ten times greater, it will be useless. Liu Mao in that state is not a human being at all. Wait a minute, when you say to deal with the cat, do you mean to solve it by force? If so, you'd better give up on it as soon as possible."

"I see. Thank you for your reminder!" Luo Xi nodded. When he was about to say something, someone suddenly knocked on the west door.

Du Lei frowned, stood up and walked a few steps over there, but the next moment he seemed to see something, his steps paused, and the whole person instantly became extremely terrified. His fingers trembled, and he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, then took out a lighter
Feng Kai also saw the people outside and was also extremely nervous. His hand subconsciously reached for his trouser pocket.

As for Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan, they didn't know who was knocking on the door because of the angle, but when they saw Du Lei and Feng Kai's reactions, they immediately panicked.

At this time, Luo Xi stood up and walked over, looking through the glass at Liu Mao outside the door, and Officer Song and others following behind him.

Liu Mao looked puzzled and said, "Luo Xi, what are you doing? Is the fire out? I just talked to Officer Song about the situation, which took a long time. I didn't even know there was a fire. I was scared to death."

(End of this chapter)