Along the side of the bar, there were erected wall lights on the wall. Just like the atmosphere of the entire tavern, the brightness of these wall lights was slightly insufficient, and they could only barely illuminate the surrounding area less than half a meter.

Aikawa Riko walked slowly along the wall light route, as if she was enjoying the precious items displayed in the museum.

While searching for the walls for any secret doors, she was also observing other guests in the tavern.

In the dim corner, they sat apart, and the wine in the glass swayed. But they did not seem to be drinking, but just enjoyed the loneliness that was isolated from the noisy world.

As the bartender said, there are all kinds of professions for guests in the tavern.

Most of them wear uniforms and can easily tell their professions, such as lawyers in suits and ties, doctors' white coats, professional skirts for working women, chefs, flight attendants, and even girls in high school uniforms sitting alone at a table.

Akirako Aikawa felt something was wrong. How could so many people wear uniforms to the tavern to drink together? It looked like they were attending some kind of masquerade. It was impossible to come to this remote tavern directly after work, right?

While he was wondering, Aikawa Riko noticed that a photo was hanging on the wall next to him every other stop.

These photos are framed with quaint frames, giving people the feeling of artistic portraits.

Because the lights are really dark, Huo Chuanriko needs to walk up to get close to see the content above.

The first photo is very simple, the background is the small stage in the tavern.

The bartender was sitting on a chair on the stage, and the lights were lit from above. Half of his facial features were hidden in the darkness, with a strange smile on his face, and his expression looked a little... stiff.

"How could such a photo be hung in a tavern?"

Huikawa Riko was puzzled.

She then came to the second photo. Like the first one, the background of the photo was still the small stage in the center of the pub. However, in addition to the bartender, there was also the security guard that Aikawa Riko met when she just entered the pub.

“These photos…”

Somehow, Huichuan Riko felt a little fear in her heart.

She then went to see the third one. In the same scene, there was another person. This time, the curly-haired young woman who broke her monocle glasses.

The fourth, the fifth, the sixth...

Lawyers, doctors, and high school students appeared one by one, all wearing eye-catching uniforms, with stiff and weird expressions.

Until the tenth picture, Aikawa Riko couldn't help but open her eyes wide, her heart pounding.

The character above turned out to be...

"Sister, do I look good?"

The tender homophone sounded behind him, and Aikawa Riko immediately turned around and took a warning posture.

The girl who appeared behind her was the double ponytail riding a bicycle.

The latter was tilting his head and giggling at her.

Aikawa Riko's heart was shocked, and a bone-broken coldness rushed straight from her spine.

In the tenth photo just now, the new character was this little girl!

"Can't it..."

Aikawa Riko took out the memory removal spray and sprayed it at the little girl.

"Huh? Sister, why do you want to spray me with water?"

The little girl's face remained unchanged, but she still looked like she was smiling.

But Aikawa Riko's face changed drastically.

How could the memory elimination spray not work for her?

unless.

On the wall, the bodies of guests wearing various uniforms, landlords and tenants...

A terrible thought gradually became clear in her mind.

This little girl is not a human!

But, how is it possible?

Aikawa Riko looked down at the watch, and the pointer pointed to 7:12 pm.

It was also 7:12 when she entered the tavern!

For such a long time, the scale of the watch has not moved at all.

"Oops."

Aikawa Riko took two steps back and reached out to take out a one-meter-long iron chisel from her windbreaker, pointing to the little girl.

"Where is Liu Huai!"

The little girl blinked and suddenly showed an evil smile: "Big sister, are you bullying me?"

As soon as this said, the soothing piano music came to an abrupt end. All the guests stood up. Even the bartender and the security guard guard at the door walked over and looked in the direction here silently. The entire tavern could be heard.

There was only one person who didn't stand up.

The crisp sound of ice collisions was like the ripples on the lake surface, which was very obvious in the extremely quiet tavern.

A short and fat figure appeared on the seat in front of the bar at some point, holding the cup of Jintangli ordered by Aikawa Riko in his hand and slowly drank it.

"Liu Huai!"

Aikawa Riko recognized the other person at a glance.

Liu Huai turned his head and said in a gloomy tone: "This lady, do you recognize me?"

He then said to himself: "I was not interested in it recently, but you just wanted to come here.

But it's also good to add a detective character to my tavern."

"You said... add characters?"

Hearing this sentence, a sudden absurd feeling suddenly arose in Huikawa Riko's heart.

She looked at the other guests in the tavern.

Doctor, lawyer, office worker, flight attendant, bartender, student, security guard, young woman, chef, and this little girl.

Ten paintings, ten people, ten... characters.

Information about Liu Huai that I had read before emerged in front of Lizi Huichuan.

Liu Huai was once obsessed with figures, but two years ago, it seemed that he suddenly lost interest and never bought anything like that again.

Riko Huikawa originally thought that he had to give up his hobby because his father was sick and his family was in financial difficulties. Now it seems that the truth is far from that.

Liu Huai was no longer satisfied with the stiff figure, he looked at the living humans around him!

I should have realized one step ahead of time that the photographer of those photos on the wall is Liu Huai himself!

And the eleventh chair in the center of the stage is probably for myself.

"Hehehehe..."

Liu Huai reached out to pull over the young woman next to her, lifted up her skirt, and reached into the bottom of her skirt.

The woman moaned and leaned against him limply.

Huichuan Riko frowned and a nausea appeared in her stomach.

She had never seen such an ugly person.

"How about it, my figures are real enough, did you think they are all real?"

Liu Huai showed his teeth with uneven mouths and burst into laughter a little crazy.

"Do you know how long it took me to build them to such a perfect level? Those people all said that I was disgusting and dirty, but they didn't know that they were the most vulgar, living like soulless dolls."

Liu Huai looked around the tavern and said proudly: "How can they understand my taste? It's just a bunch of walking garbage. I will sooner or later make them all into more valuable toys."

This is a lunatic.

Huichuan Riko reached into her pocket and touched her cell phone. She was about to contact the local logistics department when Liu Huai suddenly snapped his fingers.

"Hang, hold her down. Be careful not to tear my baby. It's hard to find someone who is so suitable for detective servers."

Liu Huai raised his head and drank the wine all in one go, then patted the wine glass on the bar, looking at Huichuan Riko's eyes hot.

"It must be a different feeling when you play."
Chapter completed!