Yin Junchi shook his head and said, "It seems that there wasn’t anything at that time."
Wen Xishu noted the details of the day and said:
"I need to study it, but don’t be afraid, remember, don’t be afraid! I’ll visit you later, don’t worry, as long as I’m here, nothing will happen to you."
Wen Xishu had some guesses, not quite deductions, just pure guesses. He guessed that the situation Yin Junchi encountered was related to fear.
After confirming there were no other notable items, he chose to first comfort Yin Junchi, then returned to his own room to think things over carefully.
He had to do this because an hour was up.
[Interaction with neighbors has ended, 50 action points have been deducted, current remaining action points: 45.]
Wen Xishu’s body started walking back uncontrollably. Once he returned to his room, he began organizing the clues he had obtained.
But there were indeed few clues, making effective deduction difficult. He could only hope that, by combining the clues from the other four people, he could deduce something useful.
"Some things are still just guesses, but maybe we can find a breakthrough on the first day by combining other people’s clues."
...
...
The first day, night. There was still one hour left until the end of the day.
Wen Xishu and the other four had all completed the "interaction with neighbors" task. Wen Xishu, Ah Miao, Xiaowu, and Wu Xiangjiao all had 45 action points left.
But Ah Miao, Xiaowu, and Wu Xiangjiao didn’t conduct their investigations as thoroughly as Wen Xishu did.
The one who eventually called for the meeting was Xiaowu. Because Xiaowu was quite fearful inside, and he felt inferior due to his lack of contribution, he wanted to make amends somehow.
The five of them began to exchange information again.
Actually, after interacting with the neighbors, a few of them had already sensed something off.
"I-I’m sorry, I wasted 50 action points, it’s my fault, my fault... I shouldn’t have made such a mistake, maybe I should have been more assertive?"
"But when I saw he was a lawyer, I was naturally scared. The information I can provide is very limited."
"He should be an excellent lawyer with many trophies, but he seemed to have severe OCD. He spoke somewhat rigidly, he might have also encountered something terrifying recently."
"Ah, I should go take a shower, I feel a bit dirty."
"No, I need to finish before I go. He possibly has severe OCD. He thought the house was too dirty to host me, so he closed the door. At that point, it prompted me to leave, and my action points were deducted."
"I’m really sorry, ever since I got out of prison, I’ve been useless."
"I think I’ll go take a shower first. Oh, what’s wrong with me, I need to wait for everyone to finish talking."
Xiaowu patted his head, then lowered it.
Wen Xishu silently observed Xiaowu’s changes. Recalling the first time he met Xiaowu, was he always this sensitive?
Did he feel dirty? Such a strong desire to shower?
Something is off.
Wen Xishu had a feeling that Xiaowu was already starting to be influenced by some eerie force.
The second to speak was Wu Xiangjiao.
"I didn’t seem to find anything either, it’s really strange. I just met a homebody. Although the university knowledge of Three Towers isn’t as strong as the Bunker’s, university students are mostly the same age, all in their early twenties."
"Plus his room had that smell... that, heh, heh heh heh. He might have been in the Sage mode, and when I talked about women, he just seriously asked me to leave."
"Damn, could it be the Super Sage mode after successive times?"
Wen Xishu asked:
"Did you notice anything else? Or what was the most prominent impression this university student gave you?"
Wu Xiangjiao shook his head:
"Nothing else, honestly quite ordinary. He said he wanted to be a prosecutor in the future, but the book he was holding wasn’t related to studying."
Wen Xishu noted this down.
The third to speak was Wen Xiangge:
"Ahem, I’m ashamed, really ashamed. I thought with my cooking skills, I could make the neighbor like me as the new guy, but I let you all down."
"Now that I think about it, that dish wasn’t even that good. I overestimated my abilities. Why did I think of interacting this way?"
"Sorry, sorry. He was a bit overweight, presumably with a good appetite, but I guess my food was too bad, he got nauseous and shut the door."
"I actually wasted 50 points like this!"
Wen Xishu noticed that Wu Xiangjiao seemed quite normal.
But Xiaowu and Wen Xiangge seemed a bit off.
Though Xiaowu had just finished reformation labor, he was calm and peaceful, Venerable Wen even had an unusually good spirit.
But now, these two seemed overly guilty and self-reproachful.
Wen Xishu began listening to the final speaker, Ah Miao.
Ah Miao said:
"I met a comedian. If I had to say what stood out most, it was that he was truly optimistic and happy. He also brightened my mood, his smile was very healing."
"I think, there really isn’t anything to be afraid of, I feel very happy too!"
"Everyone, don’t be too uptight, there’s nothing that terrible. The Lord will protect us, life’s hurdles can be overcome!"
Nothing more.
Ah Miao’s speech was unexpectedly short, which Wen Xishu didn’t anticipate. This made Ah Miao seem the most normal.