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Before the male security guard arrived at the security room, Xu Shuo and the female tourist had already left via a small path, and were now opening the back door of the Haunted House.

The key to the back door was found in the muddy ground among the bushes.

After leaving, the murderer buried the key in the dirt, but the police had actually investigated this small woods and bushes as well.

However, the murderer had specifically come from the bushes near the "Rapids Advance" building and left that way, so the traces of the bushes being disturbed were all on that side, a distance away from the Haunted House.

It could be said that before and after the murder, the murderer was trying to wash away their own suspicion and cast the blame onto others.

After all, why not let someone else take the fall if they could?

After Xu Shuo unlocked the door, he first opened a small crack to peek inside, then turned back to the motionless female tourist and made a shushing gesture.

The female tourist suddenly came back to her senses, nodded hastily, and then, after the young man turned his gaze away, silently stepped back two paces.

Entering the Haunted House, the entrance would lock automatically, but the exit could still be accessed. However, they did not know what would happen if someone entered the Haunted House halfway through the lockdown.

And now, the back door was also able to be opened.

Thinking about this, the female tourist faintly heard voices coming from inside the Haunted House.

Was it the three people who had entered earlier?

Were they not transported to another space but still inside the Haunted House?

The female tourist couldn't help but move closer again to listen carefully, vaguely hearing the three people arguing about the earlier announcement, followed by hurried footsteps.

They were approaching the back door!

The female tourist instinctively held her breath, seeing the young man leaning against the back door, his finger resting lightly on the doorframe to close the door ever so slightly, leaving only a sliver of a gap that barely let in any light.

His gaze seemed fixed on that narrow gap, his expression calm to the point of indifference, emanating a strong oppressive aura.

There was a commotion inside, but it was extremely quiet outside.

Three sets of footsteps passed by the back door, and just as they were about to reach the ninety-degree corner to the exit, Xu Shuo suddenly opened the back door, seeming to throw something inside.

The female tourist could not see clearly what he had done, only seeing the young man quickly open and then close the door, the whole process like a flash!

Female tourist: "???"

So what did he do in that instant???

As she was puzzled, more faint voices came from across the Haunted House.

"Eh? Where is the Park Director?"

"Wasn't he following behind you?"

"I... I don't know..."

The back door of the Haunted House was not directly on the rear of the building but a side door clinging to the corner of the wall, so the two people on one side were only a side wall away from the two on the other side.

If you stuck your head out from the corner, you could just make out the figures of the two people on the other side.

The female tourist naturally didn't dare move, only looking with astonished eyes at the young man still leaning against the door.

Xu Shuo also looked at her silently, then slightly curled his lips, giving a smile that seemed comforting but was actually full of danger.

...

At the Haunted House exit, the silence fell upon the two of the three people who had gone in and come out minus one person.

Then, the ticket seller said timidly, "Why don't you go in and look for him? I don't want to go in again. The announcement just said there's only half an hour left, and I want to go to the security room to ask about the situation."

The male tourist's brow was deeply furrowed, his expression troubled.

But after a while, neither wanted to reenter the Haunted House that had mysteriously swallowed a person, at least they did not want to enter through the exit.

However, going in through the entrance meant going through the Haunted House lockdown and the dark pit alone, and completing the whole experience—who knew what would happen then?!

And all this just to look for a person who had nothing to do with them?

Forget it! Take care of my own business first!

The two people quickly left.

...

At the Haunted House back door, the other two also fell into silence.

After the commotion from the other side of the Haunted House subsided, Xu Shuo finally reopened the door, this time stepping in generously.

He did not close the door. The woman outside hesitated for a while, then finally grit her teeth and carefully stepped into the Haunted House.

The Haunted House was still just as dim and eerie, the background music so grating to the ear.

The female tourist neither ventured further nor dared to close the back door behind her. She just stood in the doorway, watching the young man who had gone in first as he dragged the amusement park Park Director, lying in the aisle, over to her.

So that act of opening the door just now, was it to take the opportunity to lay someone out?

Hiss... How did he do that?!

Master! This is a master at work!

The female tourist, with her eyes wide like an earthquake, watched Xu Shuo drag the possibly dead or alive Park Director past her without a sideways glance and head towards the scene of the incident.

But as he reached the broad arching corner, Xu Shuo stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the female tourist.

"Come here," he said softly, his dark gaze fixed intently on her.

"..." said the female tourist.

She had thought of going over, but now she didn't want to anymore.

Yet, feeling an ever more oppressive and cold qi emanating around her, the female tourist took a deep breath and asked nervously with clenched fists, "What do you want to do?"

Xu Shuo tilted his head, then smiled slightly, "The way to leave the amusement park is inside the Haunted House."

The female tourist's eyes brightened for a moment, but that was quickly followed by deeper confusion and wariness.

"Then why would you tell me that?"

"You followed me here on your own," Xu Shuo said solemnly, "I gave you plenty of chances to leave, but you followed all the way here. Do you think you can still leave now?"

"......"

The female tourist indeed had nothing to say in response.

The reason she followed was because she realized the young man's actions had a very clear purpose.

Only someone certain of a fact would act like this, and in the current situation, it meant he might have found the murderer/mysterious person/a way out, in short, anything other than just idling!

Of course, she had to follow and see for herself!

The female tourist had originally planned to follow stealthily, but just as she started to follow, she caught him looking back at her.
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And he didn't refuse or chase her away.

Well... then follow openly and aboveboard!

And now she could neither proceed nor retreat.

Leaning on the door frame, the female tourist asked as if it were her last struggle, "Then what do you want me to do?"

Xu Shuo smiled, "Scout ahead?"

The female tourist: He smiled and suggested a death sentence.

No! This guy clearly intended for her to scout ahead from the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't have led her all this way!

Ah, damn it!

After a standoff for a while, seeing the female tourist's feet still rooted to the spot, Xu Shuo narrowed his eyes slightly and let go of the Park Director he was holding, turning his body slightly.

Before he even took a step, the female tourist immediately ran over, "Alright, alright! I'll scout ahead for you!"

Xu Shuo: "..." Quite eager, huh.

The female tourist, in her long dress and high heels, took bold strides, rushing to Xu Shuo's front, and even helpfully asked, "Do you want me to carry the person for you?" Then she could throw the Park Director first as a pathfinder!

"No need."

However, Xu Shuo declined her offer, carrying the Park Director was a minor matter that didn't require troubling a woman.

Xu Shuo picked up the Park Director from the ground again and, passing through the tidy crime scene, continued towards the entrance.

The female tourist glanced at the crime scene, somewhat surprised.

She had just thought that maybe the exit was near the crime scene, which might hold a clue, considering it was the eeriest place in the whole Haunted House.

But coming in from the back door this time, she did not see the crime scene's death flashback.

Couldn't see the flashback if not entering through the entrance?

Whether that was the reason or not, there wasn't time to investigate. She could only draw her gaze back and continue to follow Xu Shuo's lead until they reached the first turn in the Haunted House corridor.

That five-meter-long vibrating steel aisle.

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