Who Is Passerby A?
Aside from the fact that the two missing paintings might both have been damaged, the other players searched the art gallery for another entire day without finding any more clues. However, everyone seemed more guarded than before. It was nearly lights-out, but no one planned to return to their rooms. Instead, they spread out across the art gallery.
Li Weiran stood beside the Sketch she had touched before. Gao Jun was not far to her right, while Xie Man stood opposite her.
To the left were Xu Huo and Ni Tian, standing midway between Li Weiran and Fan Shiji. Fan Shiji was near the art gallery's entrance, but he wasn't standing directly beneath Still Time. He'd chosen a nearby pillar instead, where he could see Xu Huo and Li Weiran from a distance.
The gloomy man stood opposite Fan Shiji, with Lu Gang beside him.
The eight players held their positions until the lights went out.
Only after that did the players realize that the small lights on the pillars illuminated only a tiny area in front of them. Almost everywhere away from the lights was shrouded in darkness. The light was so dim and yellow that they couldn't even see clearly around the pillars.
When the lights suddenly went out, their eyes needed time to adjust to the darkness. Even after they had adjusted, they could barely make out nearby shadows in those conditions. So the players instinctively looked toward the places where there was still light.
Xie Man was on the ground near Li Weiran. She looked up and saw a hand reaching out near a light source, probably to take a painting. But the next moment, the light on the pillar shattered. A series of shattering sounds followed, as the lights on several