Precisely because [Mystery and Surprise] makes it easier to discover "mysteries", Gao Yi must make full use of his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and make full use of the unique ability of this investigation-type painting.
"Yule, Xiaoyi, what is this?"
Seeing Gao Yi entering the state, my aunt was a little confused.
My cousin laughed: "Don't worry, Mom, I was a member of the detective agency in college. Ayi and I will investigate the house first to see what is causing trouble."
The aunt originally wanted to say that the police had already investigated, but seeing that both of them looked so excited, it was hard to say anything else.
She turned around and returned to her daughter. Seeing how happy Shiyi was teasing Xiao Di, she couldn't help but reveal a few more smiles on her face.
"Mr. Gao……"
Samoyed Xiaodi blinked his dull eyes: "Descartes did something wrong, you can punish me, but please don't do this."
Gao Yi turned around and was speechless, his lips changed: "Do you really think I just asked you to be the mascot? Don't forget, you are Descartes, the most terrifying siren head!"
"Now my cousin and I are about to enter the depths of the room. The reason why we keep you here is because we are afraid that someone might suddenly be killed by the sound of a rumble."
"Descartes, protect them."
Gao Yi pointed the magnifying glass at a location on the floor and used a high-gloss flashlight to illuminate it. He immediately discovered a white mark.
"Trace of the windlass?!"
If so, it seems that the gurgling sound at night is indeed coming from the wheel loaded underneath something.
These special traces that can only be captured by [Mystery and Surprise] are in front of me. They are deep and shallow, thick and thin, and they seem to be leftover from different time periods.
Following the trajectory of the wheel, Gao Yi moved around the living room.
"It's so messy." He couldn't help but whisper.
The more he moves along the trajectory, the more Gao Yi frowns.
It's really too messy.
It was like a crazy pulley, dancing on the floor with all its strength.
Gao Yi chased him all the way from the living room to the kitchen, from the kitchen to the toilet, and from the toilet to the study. But in the end, the trajectory actually returned to the living room, repeating the meaningless movement before.
"Ayi, how are you looking?"
My cousin came over and patted Gao Yi on the shoulder: "Come and take a look, I found a very interesting clue."
Gao Yi looked surprised at this and hurriedly followed him. He saw his cousin stopping in front of the mahogany stairs and pointing to a few slight cracks on the first step.
"That's it?"
Gao Yi was a little confused: "The back half of the steps of the furniture stairs are slightly exposed to make it easier for people to get up. Isn't this the case in the past, when we stood on one foot and got cracked..."
wrong.
He suddenly leaned down and stared carefully at one of the unremarkable cracks.
There is no other reason, because this crack is in the middle of a trajectory!
Gao Yi raised his head and looked at other steps higher up.
There are actually all of them!
Among the countless messy windlass traces, only one found its way upstairs.
This is its final move!
"Cousin, I'll go upstairs and have a look."
He cast the light onto the dark second floor.
In the field of vision, you can clearly see streaks of white marks, along with undetectable cracks on the steps, as you climb up to the second floor step by step.
["Wake up from nap..."]
["I heard the grunting outside the bedroom getting louder and louder..."]
Gao Yi recalled Gao Shiyi's retelling.
["I was so scared that I hid in the closet."]
["The sound kept lingering nearby, and then... my mother came back, and I realized that I was still lying on the bed."]
Through the darkness on the second floor, Gao Yi had arrived at the bedroom door.
He could clearly see that a white mark stopped in front of the bedroom door. It seemed that it stopped suddenly for some reason and disappeared out of thin air.
"The nightmare is coming..."
Gao Yi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is it using nightmares to invade reality?"
"Kame...what kind of existence is it?"
"Is it also a kind of other world?"
He lowered his head and thought, and analyzed: "Is it a strange story formed for some strange reason? It can connect the other world to people's dreams at will, thereby carrying out the murder process?"
But what the hell is a wheel?
The only weird stories that Gao Yi has ever seen are "rabbit" and "bust", but no matter which one they are, no matter how bad the logic is, there will never be anything superfluous.
Unless...it can't walk on its feet.
This can only rely on the windlass.
"So……"
Gao Yi recorded in [Exploration Notes] with a pen: Based on the size of the trajectory, the approximate load-bearing capacity of the wheel can be inferred.
It cannot walk on its feet, but it can be carried by such a small wheel.
"Could it be that……"
Gao Yi patted his head and looked shocked: "Is it actually a paper man?"
This, this, this...
The Paper Man steps on the wheel and wanders around the room, so what does it want to do?
If aunt doesn't come back tonight, what will it do when it opens the bedroom door?
With many questions, Gao Yi returned to the first floor. Seeing his cousin still searching the room, he coughed lightly: "Cousin, I went upstairs and checked, there is nothing wrong."
"really."
My cousin nodded: "Even I, the general of the detective agency, didn't find any problems. It seems like it's just our sister having a nightmare."
"Not a nightmare!"
Gao Shiyi immediately ran over with Samoyed in his arms and kept retorting. Tears immediately fell down in big drops: "It's not a dream! It's really not a dream!"
The cousin opened his mouth and originally wanted to comfort him, but Gao Yi held his shoulders.
He shook his head: "Inconsistent comfort will only make her hate you even more."
Never judge anything about others unless you have experienced their despair.
"Poetry overflows."
Gao Yi touched his cousin's head and smiled: "It's getting late, you should go to bed."
"No! I don't want to sleep!" Gao Shiyi panicked and shook his head immediately.
"Don't be afraid."
Aunt hugged Shiyi from behind: "Mom will protect you this time."
Gao Yi stretched out his palm and folded it with Shi Yi's little hand, with a solemn expression: "Cousin, protect you."
The cousin on the side was still in a daze. It wasn't until Gao Yi kicked him in the butt that he realized what he was doing. He stretched out his palms and folded them on top: "Brother... will also protect you!"
Xiaodi stretched out the dog's paw and put it up tremblingly: Ancestor, please go to sleep quickly! Ancestor...
"I……"
As if feeling the warmth of his family, Gao Shiyi's expression finally relaxed: "I... give it a try."
Secretly, Gao Yi clenched his fists.
It is definitely unrealistic to keep Shiyi awake all day long. So he must figure out what this paper man wants to do as soon as possible.
Only by knowing the trajectory of an existence can we formulate a method to destroy it!
Several people came to the bedroom on the second floor.
During this trial of sleep, my aunt personally accompanied me, while Gao Yi and my cousin stayed next door.
As for Xiao Di, as a "dog", of course he was treated as an inside agent and was sent into the boudoir to keep an eye on the situation.
Whenever he heard a dog barking, Gao Yi would just open the wall of the chimney passage without saying a word, rush in and do it!
At the same time, just in case, Gao Yi also deliberately emptied the items in the closet and prepared to put the ice and snow gift tree over to maintain the mood of the people living here.