While they were scanning the surroundings, they continued to walk in. At this moment——

"Ah——!! Wait wait! Don't close the door!"

The sound echoed in the hall.

A white-haired man wearing an evening dress a little too formally stood next to the sofa and pointed at us and yelled.

"What, what's wrong?"

Yueyue Yue couldn't help but asked loudly in shock, and at the same time estimated the distance to the opposite side.

[About fifteen meters, it should be safe...]

"Door!"

"Door?" She looked back and looked behind.

Nothing out of the ordinary, the double doors closed nicely and tightly.

"...It's still too late!"

The hand pointed to us by the man in the evening gown dropped limply.

There seemed to be several other guests sitting on the sofa next to him.

"Sister Yui."

Kirigiri held the door handle and shook it back and forth a few times.

"What's wrong?"

"The door won't open."

"Huh?"

She followed suit and pulled the door handle.

The door seemed to be locked and could not be opened at all.

At first glance, there is no keyhole on the door. It is most likely an automatic lock of some kind.

"It seems that the door can't be opened from here. We are locked in here. If you leave it open, maybe we can get out."

The man in evening dress said bitterly and walked towards us.

This is an older man with eye-catching white hair and long beard.

The evening gown he was wearing fit well and tasted great, as if he was someone from a photo of the old days.

"There are only one, two, three... nine people. Why is there still one missing? Do you have any companions who are not here?"

The old man seemed to be shouting very irritably.

"No, no, there are only three of us." May Yujie replied very strangely.

"Well, are there any detectives among you?"

A girl in a light green dress raised her right hand.

This is a cheerful girl with a little sister's hair. She can probably be called a girl, right? She looks like a child and is also very short.

"Hey! How did you know?" she couldn't help but asked in shock.

The girls just pointed at the old man in front of them.

"Huh, look at this."

He didn't waste any time and handed her a piece of paper directly.

There is some explanatory text written in red letters on it.

[Dear guests attending the auction:

Thank you for participating in this secret auction we are holding. The items in this auction are unique treasures that you have never heard of before, so stay tuned.

In addition, everyone who participates in the auction needs to pay attention to the following matters.

The required number of people to hold an auction is - ten people. If there are more or less than this number, the auction will not be held.

In addition, there needs to be one detective among the ten people.

As long as the above two conditions are met, the first auction will start at 6 p.m. that day.

If conditions are not yet met, the auction time will be postponed. Before the auction begins, guests who arrive early are asked to wait in the lobby.

Al Qassam Auction]

"auctions?"

Wuyue Yujie expressed doubts, and the old man in evening dress also expressed doubts at the same time.

"Hmm? Didn't you come here to participate in the auction? Well, you didn't receive this thing?"

The old man took out a dark envelope from his coat pocket with a sparkle on it.

Obviously, May Yujie was deeply impressed by this.
Chapter completed!