Chapter 319

The Death card, depicting a figure in a red robe holding a scythe, was clearly visible.

"This is Death, indicating that I will have a bloody disaster. Therefore, I hope to receive your help."

Chang Liang Yao’s face wore a pleading expression.

A bloody disaster?

Akaso Kaze raised an eyebrow.

If he remembered correctly, this case had nothing to do with the fortune teller.

Did something special change?

Akaso Kaze thought for a moment and nodded.

"My current abilities no longer require talismans as a medium. Transfer the commission fee to me, and your safety here will not be a problem."

"Thank you, Lord Akaso."

Chang Liang Yao transferred the money on the spot, then stepped forward and took Akaso Kaze’s arm, as if she could only feel safe by leaning on him.

"Sorry to disturb everyone’s fun."

After eleven o'clock at night, the twin maids suddenly stood in the middle of the hall.

"Dear guests, this mansion has a custom of locking the mask hall at midnight."

"Once locked, the east and west wings can no longer be connected, so we must ask everyone to return to their rooms to rest before then. We hope for your cooperation."

"Huh?"

"It’s only eleven-thirty."

Uncle Mouri asked strangely: "Why is there such a strange custom?"

The twins explained: "Because Schuber’s masks like to play pranks, so as soon as it passes midnight, they will run around playing on their own."

"We must lock them all in the mask hall."

"That’s too ridiculous, right?" Song Ping Shou swallowed his saliva, "That’s simply nonsense!"

"It’s true," the two maids said calmly, "Every time dawn breaks, those masks are either tilted to the side or have fallen directly to the ground. This has happened too many times in the past."

"So please, everyone, you can start preparing to return to your rooms to rest now."

It was unknown where Su Fang Hongzi found this pair of twin maids; standing together, they looked like reflections.

With the same expressions and the same tone, rather than being cut from the same cloth, it was more like one person split into two.

Coupled with the topic of cursed masks, the creepiness factor skyrocketed.

Returning to his room, Akaso Kaze lay on the bed, silently pondering everything that had happened here.

Things seemed to have become different from before.

Why did it change?

There was only one reason: his arrival.

Could it be that he, as a mage, had caused some strange change?

Knock, knock.

A light tapping sound came from the door.

Akaso Kaze used his Eye of Space to look; outside were the twin maids, both standing at the door.

Akaso Kaze used his Mind Hand, and the door opened automatically.

The twin maids, who had been cold-faced just moments ago, huddled together and moved in, looking pitiful.

The two closed the door, came to Akaso Kaze’s bed, and both knelt down.

"Lord Akaso, please save us."

Huh?

Here to ask for help again?

The twin maids told their story pitifully.

Like Inaba Kazuyo, they were also forced by Su Fang Hongzi to offer themselves.

And like Inaba Kazuyo, they also discovered the weirdness in the villa and the changes in Su Fang Hongzi.

Listening to their story, it seemed they had secretly seen Su Fang Hongzi wearing a mask, her limbs moving in unnatural ways, and even her body floating in mid-air.

Akaso Kaze frowned tightly as he listened.

This situation was looking more and more like puppet arts.

Could those masks perform magic?

Seeing Akaso Kaze remain silent, the twin maids looked at each other.

One leaned over to the bottom, and the other climbed onto Akaso Kaze’s body.

"Lord Akaso, you must save us. We don't want to die."

"We don't have any money, but we are willing to serve you forever..."

Akaso Kaze looked down.

Twin maids...

That’s actually quite special.

"What are your names?" Akaso Kaze asked.

"I am the older sister, Shimogasa Honami, and that one is my younger sister, Shimogasa Minaho."

The girl whispered while lying on Akaso Kaze.

"Wuwu."

An unclear sound came from the other girl.

At two in the morning, Chang Liang Yao suddenly opened her eyes and climbed out of bed.

It was about time; it was time to act.

She had a purpose for coming this time.

Before coming, she had done a reading for herself.

Something that would change her destiny would happen here.

And in Su Fang Hongzi’s hands, the things most likely to change a person’s destiny were those cursed masks.

Therefore, she had planned to steal all the cursed masks.

The driver was waiting outside the window of the mask hall; as long as she threw the masks out the window and took advantage of the dark night to transport them away, everything would be OK.

This villa used a symmetrical design, with three floors on both the left and right sides, and the only connection in the middle was the mask hall, also on the third floor.

Chang Liang Yao had long observed the villa’s situation and knew these things like the back of her hand.

She left the room silently, walked along the hallway to the third floor, quickly found the ventilation duct, moved the iron grid, and crawled inside.

In Akaso Kaze’s room, the twin maids were already asleep.

Akaso Kaze lay between them, watching the fortune teller’s actions with his Eye of Space.

This girl’s figure was really quite good.

She was wearing a black bodysuit that pulled her body tight, revealing every detail, which Akaso Kaze found very satisfying.

The mask hall was naturally empty, with only faint moonlight projecting onto the glass of the display cabinets and the scarlet carpet.

Chang Liang Yao moved the iron grid, jumped onto the display cabinet in the mask hall first, and then jumped to the floor.

When she stood up and looked around the mask hall by the moonlight, she was stunned in surprise.

Under the moonlight, several display racks for Schuber’s masks were empty.

The cursed masks were all gone!

"How could this be! Where are those masks?"

Looking at the empty mask racks around her, Chang Liang Yao was very surprised.

She remembered the maid’s warning not to come out easily at night because Schuber’s masks would haunt the place at night.

Every time dawn broke, these masks would be tilted to the side or have fallen directly to the ground.

Could what the maid said be true?

She couldn't help but shiver.

"Don't panic, let’s do a reading to find the location of the cursed masks first."

Chang Liang Yao was, after all, someone who had studied metaphysics for many years, and her ability to regain her composure was decent.

She took off the necklace from her neck, grabbed the chain, and let the pendant hang under her right hand.