Chapter 499 The Museum''s Horror Night


    When Anthony turned his head and looked at the wall behind him, he saw a painting hanging on the wall - a monster that looked extremely terrifying, ferocious and indescribable. At this moment, it was opening its mouth wide, roaring, trying to pounce towards Anthony!


    This immediately scared Anthony and hurriedly took a step back. At this moment, Duanmu Huai noticed his abnormality and quickly withdrew his gaze.


    "What''s wrong?"


    "I just saw a painting, and it was quite terrible, almost scared me."


    Anthony breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the painting again, then he was stunned for a moment.


    I saw that under the flashlight, the wall hanging in front of me was just an oil painting of sunflowers, and the monster he had just seen disappeared completely!


    “???”


    Seeing this scene, Anthony was stunned.


    Where is the painting?


    "What''s wrong?"


    "The painting is gone. I just saw this painting where a monster pounced on me..."


    While frowning, Anthony picked up the flashlight and glanced around. But the oil paintings around are normal, some are painted with apples, tulips, and some are painted with roses, basically all are painted with plants. There was no monster that Anthony said appeared at all.


    Did I see it wrong? Impossible?


    In response to Anthony''s doubts, Duanmu Huai just glanced around lightly and then spoke.


    "If you read it right, then I have an idea."


    “What’s your thought?”


    "Maybe, the monster that attacked humans was hidden in the painting."


    "In the painting??"


    “That’s right.”


    Duanmu Huai nodded.


    "We have checked the files before, and it also clearly stated that the time and location of the missing persons are different. The only thing in common is that they all disappear when they are not seen. This means that this is definitely not a problem with the exhibits in the exhibition hall. It is very likely that a monster uses some means to hide himself and then attack him while his prey is alone."


    As he spoke, Duanmu Huai slowly looked around and looked at the decorations.


    "So, how can monsters hide and not be discovered? If it is possessed in an antique or decoration, it is easy to detect. But if it is a painting, it is different. After all, there are oil paintings everywhere in this museum. Assuming that Sheriff Anthony, you are not mistaken just now, then this guy is obviously trying to attack you by hiding in the painting."


    “……I really didn’t expect that I would think so much.”


    Anthony turned his head in surprise and looked at Duanmuhuai. To be honest, after being shocked by Duanmuhuai''s body shape, he had no doubt about Duanmuhuai''s combat effectiveness. But on the other hand, Anthony doubted Duanmuhuai''s abilities in other aspects. After all, generally speaking, strong people have straight heads. However, Anthony did not expect that Duanmuhuai could infer these things just by speaking, and even express his own guesses.


    To be honest, if this reasoning is placed elsewhere, it will be denied a fantasy, but as the person in charge of a U-level case, Anthony has experienced a lot of fantasy things.


    What''s the point of shuttleing back and forth in the painting? He has seen something even more weird.


    "So what should we do now? Do we want to find that painting?"


    "No, it''s too troublesome."


    Faced with Anthony''s proposal, Duanmu Huai shook his head and expressed his negation.


    "There are so many paintings in this museum, and I don''t know when we will find them. Since the other party has this ability, it may set a trap for us and deliberately deceive us. So...... I''d just lead the snake out of the hole, kill it directly, and then go and see which painting has something wrong.


    “………………”


    The introduction is withdrawn, the solution is indeed simple and crude.


    "So, you mean, we have to act separately???"


    Anthony is not calm now. He has a conscience. Even if he is the sheriff in charge of this, it does not mean that he has any special superpowers. He had to face the elusive monster alone, and he had to be calm in his heart before he could see the ghost!


    Hearing Anthony''s words, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes, then reached out and took something out of his arms and handed it to Anthony. After Anthony took it, he realized that it was a weird ornament, with a warhammer logo and a skull mark in the middle.


    "Is this??" "Tactic, keep you safe."


    “…………………”


    Hearing Duanmu Huai''s explanation, Anthony twitched the corner of his mouth, lowered his head to look at the "talisman" in front of him, and the vivid skull on it... Is this an amulet? Are you sure this is not a curse prop?


    "Thank you then."


    Anthony complained in his heart, and at the same time accepted Duanmu Huai''s amulet. Although this thing is indeed evil no matter how you look at it, Anthony has experienced many events, and there are many strange things like it has seen, such as lizard mummies, monkey claws, shriveled children''s skulls... Folk religions like Voodoo always make some strange amulets, which is normal in comparison.


    Logically speaking, it is a waste of time for two people to search the entire museum. Fortunately, the museum itself is not big, and there are only four exhibition halls in total. So the two agreed to start from the hall, walk to the left and right sides, and then search the AB and CD exhibition halls respectively, and then meet in the hall.


    To be on the safe side, the lights in the entire museum were turned on, and the museum could be said to be brightly lit. This somewhat relieved Anthony. He held the flashlight in one hand and pressed the gun at his waist with the other, while watching the wall in front of him with vigilance. Of course, the oil paintings hanging on these walls are worthless, and there are even many donations from local or nearby universities. Of course, no matter how valuable it is, at least these oil paintings are not embarrassing, and they can add some humanistic atmosphere to the museum.


    Of course, because of this, the paintings hanging on the walls are also varied and everything is available. Some people draw scenery, some people draw flowers and plants, and there are even some abstract schools that look like neurotic... In short, it is the neurotic school.


    Where is this thing good-looking?


    Looking at an oil painting titled "Dawn", Anthony couldn''t help but complain inwardly. Although the title was Dawn, this oil painting could not be tied to the edge of the light. It looked like someone painted white paper black, and then painted a few blue, yellow and green lines on it like drunk... Well, if the person who made this painting was not in the museum, Anthony prefers that he might be locked in prison because of alcoholism.


    There was nothing unusual in the exhibition hall. Anthony turned around and then walked out of the exhibition hall, standing in the corridor, looking at the empty floors on both sides, he felt an indescribable tension and fear. To be honest, he felt a little regretful at this moment, and he didn''t know if that monster really existed...


    While thinking about it, Anthony entered the D exhibition hall.


    However, just as he walked into the exhibition hall and walked forward, suddenly, the situation changed.


    The door of the exhibition hall, which was originally open, slammed, and the windlessness automatically closed suddenly. This immediately shocked Anthony. He hurriedly turned around and looked at the door. However, before Anthony could walk over to check the truth, suddenly, the lights shining on the entire exhibition hall were extinguished. Not only that, even the lights in the corridor outside and the exhibition hall opposite seemed to be completely extinguished at this moment.


    In just a blink of an eye, the entire exhibition hall became a box completely swallowed by the darkness. Only the light of the flashlight in Anthony''s hand was still shining.


    “Damn it!”


    Seeing this scene, Anthony was shocked. Although he was already mentally prepared for it, when everything really happened, he still felt an irresistible fear and tension. He hurriedly raised his hands, leaned against the wall, held the flashlight, and raised his pistol to aim ahead.


    Under the dim light, Anthony couldn''t see clearly what was around him. At the moment, the entire exhibition hall seemed to be covered with a layer of dark mist, and everything seemed vague in it. Anthony could feel his heart beating wildly, and an indescribable sense of tension and fear emerged, making him almost crazy.


    Must leave here!


    Anthony came to the window and raised his hand to try to smash the glass and escape from it. However, his hand did not hit the glass, a solid and soft barrier blocked him. It completely stopped Anthony''s next action. Seeing this scene, Anthony raised his pistol without hesitation and pulled the trigger towards the window.


    “Bang!”


    The gunshot echoed in the dark exhibition hall and was completely swallowed up by the darkness. But there was no crack in front of me, and I didn''t even know where the bullet went.


    At the same time, Anthony heard a strange footsteps appearing behind him.


    “Da…da…da…da…da…da…da…da…da


    He quickly turned around, raised his flashlight and shone it in front of him, while holding the pistol tightly, gasping for breath. He was not sure if Duanmu Huai could hear the gunshots. The current exhibition hall gave him a completely different feeling than before. He even doubted whether he had been swallowed up to another space. Maybe others were missing like this, they were not there, but completely disappeared, would they be the same as them?


    The sluggish footsteps were getting closer, but Anthony still saw nothing. He widened his eyes and looked around, trying to find a little clue.


    Then, he saw...


    What kind of monster is that!


    Anthony saw it clearly as the flashlight shone on the black shadow. No, or rather, he didn''t see what this thing looked like. Because even under the light of the flashlight, you can only barely see the outline of this monster clearly. It is like a transparent creature, with only a few lines and shadows belonging to this world.


    Fortunately, everything about it was so transparent that Anthony couldn''t see its appearance clearly, but it was obvious that the monster was irritated and it made a harsh, ugly roar, and suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Anthony. And in this process, its originally translucent body also changed accordingly, showing its true posture!


    “Boom!!”


    Just as the monster was about to pounce in front of Anthony, a big hand clenched into a fist and suddenly appeared behind Anthony, then punched the monster and knocked it away directly!


    "You finally appeared, a trash!"


    At the same time, accompanied by the roar, Duanmu Huai slowly walked out of the shadow with great strides.


    (This chapter ends)