12 people?

There are 10 team members, and including Karen as the captain, there are 11 people in total. This is a fact that everyone knows.

So when everyone heard that Alfred's report result was "12 people", everyone was stunned.

Karen would not think that Alfred had counted wrongly, but no matter what, he had to count it himself.

"Alfred."

"In." 1.

"Bart."

"In." 2.

"Ashley."

"In." 3.

"Ventura."

"In." 4.

"Muri."

"In." 5.

"Memphis."

"In." 6.

"Richard."

"In" 7.

"Mas."

"In." 8.

"Blanche."

"In." 9.

"..."

"In." 10.

"Philomena."

"In." 11.

Karen pointed at himself and counted himself, 12!

How could the number be counted incorrectly when one was called one by one? Moreover, Karen calculated a number only after looking at a person, calling out his name, and then hearing his response.

"Then I realized, hey, that's not right, I came in alone, haha..."

The letter ends here, Piston did not continue writing, but there is only a puppet and no bones.

For more than a hundred years, even if people die here, their bones can still be preserved.

Even if he was killed for writing this, but... why is the envelope sealed with mud?

Therefore, Piston found that there was an extra person beside him, and then he wrote this sentence casually, then packed the envelope, made a sealing mud, put it into the puppet's mouth, and pressed it behind the stone.

He probably didn't die here, at least, not in this place.

However, now is not the time to think about Piston, we must first deal with the situation at hand.

"12 people? I also counted 12 people."

"How come there are 12 people?"

"Who's the extra one?"

Everyone started to count the number of people, and without exception, the result was 12.

Karen clapped her hands and said to everyone: "Everyone hold hands and form a circle."

Everyone obeyed Karen's order and formed a circle holding hands.

"Now, remember who is on both sides of your hands, and then, starting from me, the second Alfred, we start counting. 1!"

"2!"

"3!"

"4!"

"5!"

"6!"

"7!"

"8!"

"9!"

"10!"

"11!"

"12!"

The last one to call out 12 was Richard.

12, or 12!

Everyone's expressions instantly became solemn, because this meant that the extra person was now standing hand in hand with everyone?

Maybe, what I hold in my hand is...

"Richard, starting from you, we'll start counting again along Memphis!"

"Yes, Captain.1!"

"2!"

"3!"

"..."

Alfred: "11!"

Karen said: "12."

12 again.

Karen let go and ordered: "Everyone has notebooks and pens in their backpacks. Now I ask you to ask each other who is next to him, and then draw a name for me on the paper.

Circle, don’t record the wrong position!”

You can’t just ask one person to inquire. What if that person has a problem or is the one who is affected?

Soon, a total of 11 pieces of paper with names written on them, including Karen's own, were spread out in front of Karen.

Karen started comparing them one by one.

"This is 11 people, this is 11 people, this is also..."

The fonts and layout are different on each paper, but the result is the same, the positions are accurate, and there are 11 names on each paper.

I counted the papers again, there were 11 in total.

"Are the numbers correct again?" Murry asked doubtfully.

"Well, the number is correct again." Karen stood up and ordered, "Everyone, form a circle again and report the number."

Everyone immediately followed the instructions, and a new round of counting came down, 12 people.

Karen pursed her lips and said, "Mas, Memphis, use the array to detect the environment here and see if there are any special energy fluctuations."

Memphis reminded: "Captain, do you want to set up an isolation formation, and then report the number again in the formation?"

Karen shook his head and said, "That's not necessary."

"Okay, Captain." Memphis didn't ask any more questions and began to set up the detection array with Mas.

Karen is not trying to save trouble, but that "extra person" can forcibly increase his presence in front of everyone's eyes so many times without everyone noticing. This means that even if the isolation formation is used,

It will not have any restrictive effect on its existence.

The most important thing is that Karen already has a guess about its existence.

Mr. Hofen recorded a similar situation in his notes, in the form of a story. It tells the story of a team from the Abyss Cult going to a secret place to investigate. There were 9 people in total. In the end, only one person survived.

The person who came down was also crazy. Every time he was asked about the relevant situation, he would just keep shouting "The tenth person!"

This person's mental disorder is beyond recovery. Even memory search methods cannot do it because his entire cognition has been distorted.

The main clue comes from a notebook he carries, which he wrote before he went crazy. His experience is probably similar to what he and others are currently experiencing. The team of 9 people has become 10 people, but no matter how hard he looks for it, there is no way.

Find out where the tenth person is.
To be continued...