Chapter 15

Fifteen minutes ago, the real world, the Deduction Club.

At the moment, the four players were still locked in the iron cage, leaning against it in a state of unconsciousness.

This state was neither sleep nor coma, but a process similar to "waking dreaming." Their eyes were open, and their brains were running at high speed, but they could not hear, see, or feel that they were in the iron cage. Because their consciousness was imprisoned elsewhere.

The iron cage hung in mid-air, surrounded by six rows of tightly fitted bookshelves, forming a hexagon.

Each side of this area was about 2.5 meters long, and the height of each bookshelf was about 7.5 meters. The distance between the top of the bookshelf and the ceiling was to leave space for the chandelier.

The bookshelves had books on both sides, separated by partitions. Even if the books were removed, one could not see the space next door, only the partitions. If the players actually climbed up the bookshelves, they would find that... around this hexagonal area, there were six identical hexagonal areas tightly adjacent to it, and outside these six hexagons, there was another circle of twelve hexagonal areas.

And so on...

Looking down from the height of the ceiling, the Deduction Club resembled a honeycomb made of bookshelves. Each hexagonal area surrounded by bookshelves was like a cell in the honeycomb.

And just how big was the Deduction Club?

Anyway, looking out from the top of the bookshelves, one could not see the edge of this "honeycomb" at all...

At this moment, not far from the players in a certain area, a giraffe was wandering in front of a bookshelf.

"Hmm... where did I see that book last time..." The giraffe even had a pair of glasses on its nose, and it was talking to itself.

"Finding you is not easy." Suddenly, a low, hoarse male voice sounded from behind the giraffe.

"Oh? It's you... a rare guest." The giraffe knew who the owner of the voice was without even turning its head.

The next second, the giraffe began to "change." In about three seconds, it first turned into a blur of pixels, and then changed shape, volume, and color, finally becoming clear again, into the shape of a man.

And this image after its transformation was exactly the Professor Moriarty that Feng Bujue and the others had seen.

"I heard that the Master of Time and the Tribunal of Truth are looking for you and your little friends..." the giraffe, after transforming, continued, "You wouldn't have run to me for refuge, would you... Billy?" His voice also became exactly like Moriarty.

Puppet Billy was still the same as ever. He was wearing a small black suit with a red bow tie, sitting on a very small tricycle, and his face... was naturally still that terrifying white face, "Of course not, everyone knows that Zhuan Jiezun is absolutely neutral, how could he shelter a big trouble like me."

"Heh..." Zhuan Jiezun laughed, "Then why are you here?" In a completely unthreatening tone, he added a sentence full of murderous intent, "Could it be that you have already joined the Chief of All Demons and want to expand my Deduction Club into his territory as well?"

"Even if I have been chased to the point of desperation, I will not join that guy." Billy replied, "Becoming his subordinate is more dangerous than surrendering myself." He paused, and continued, "This time, I just came to ask you to do a small thing... just a favor."

"Interesting..." Zhuan Jiezun said, "You came to ask me, which means you can't do this thing yourself, ha... then how could it be a small thing?"

Billy replied, "I just want to ask you to let those few otherworldly travelers out of the cage over there."

"Out?" Zhuan Jiezun said, "Do you mean... let them leave the Deduction Club?"

"That's right," Billy said.

"It's not that I don't want to let them go, but..." Zhuan Jiezun said slowly, "If they want to leave, they at least have to escape from..." He pointed to his head, "...from my brain."

"Don't worry." Billy's face was always the same expression, "With 'that person' there, they will definitely escape."

"Oh? Are any of these four otherworldly travelers your friends?" Zhuan Jiezun asked.

"Not really friends, but we've had a few contacts, and I owe him a favor." Billy replied, "I know he will definitely escape from your inner world. I also know that once he and his companions come out, you will make a move... so..."

"I see." Zhuan Jiezun said, "You want to take this opportunity to help him once, to pay back the debt." As he said this, his appearance changed again, becoming the shape of Sherlock Holmes.

Zhuan Jiezun said with a British accent, "Indeed... for me, this is just a small thing. Anyway, they are all 'guests', sending them out and sending them 'out to die' are the same, but..." He took a puff of his pipe, "Why should I do as you say?" He shrugged, "We don't have any friendship, and you don't have the ability to threaten me with force, but I have heard some rumors about your cunning..." His tone remained unchanged, very relaxed, but the content of his words gradually became dangerous, "You broke into my territory and told me what to do, I don't care. But what if this is your scheme, wanting to use this to make me have misunderstandings with a certain Four Pillars God..."

"If you don't want to do as I say." Billy interrupted, "You can pretend I never came, and just kill them according to your own preferences. Actually, I just came for a stroll." He said in an indifferent tone, "It's easy to repay this favor, I'll have other opportunities in the future. To be honest... it doesn't matter even if I don't repay it."

Billy turned the front of the tricycle, as if he was about to leave, "Then... sorry for disturbing you, goodby..."

"Wait." Zhuan Jiezun stopped him, "Since that's the case, I have a suggestion."

Billy looked up and said, "Please speak."

"I can help you with this 'small favor'." Zhuan Jiezun said, "As long as... you tell me some information that I'm interested in." He tilted his head and smiled, "For you, this is just moving your lips, you don't even need to lift a finger."

"What do you want to ask?" Billy replied coldly.

"I heard... you've been getting very close to those Derivers from the 'Inner World' recently." Zhuan Jiezun said, "It just so happens that not long ago, one of their members came to visit my inner world and took a *** item." After saying this, he changed his form again.

This time, Zhuan Jiezun's appearance became that of Little Red Riding Hood, and "her" voice also changed to a female voice, "I just want to ask... do you know, the legendary—'Deriver Zero'?"