Rules of the Uncanny: 4016
Chapter 567

It was also a winding key

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He shook his head helplessly.

"Heh..."

"What's wrong?" Lin Yi asked.

"I think I've figured a few things out..." Mao Feiyang said thoughtfully.

Lin Yi hurriedly pressed him. "What did you figure out?"

"The 'Quartermaster'..."

"Hey!" Lin Yi nearly clapped a hand over Mao Feiyang's mouth. "What's with you? You wouldn't let me say it earlier, and now you're saying it yourself?"

"That was then. We're in the Bedroom now. Everything here is taboo, and '02' can't sense this place. If I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?" Mao Feiyang continued, "Besides, I know where it's being kept."

"Huh?" Lin Yi froze. "Isn't it just... um... isn't it..."

Lin Yi had been about to say wasn't it in such-and-such a place, but the words suddenly failed him, because he really did seem to have no clear idea of the Quartermaster's location.

He only knew that the Quartermaster was in that cabin, but where "that cabin" was seemed to be a mystery.

"Then where is the Quartermaster?" He finally gave in and asked Maozi.

Mao Feiyang slowly walked over to the desk.

An exquisite music box sat on the desk.

"Amon's Music Box."

Mao Feiyang slowly reached out toward Amon's Music Box.

"Wait!! Maozi, hold on!!" Lin Yi panicked at the sight. "What are you trying to do?"

Mao Feiyang's actions frightened Lin Yi so badly he nearly broke into a cold sweat. "That's Amon's Music Box! Don't mess around!"

But Mao Feiyang nodded and said in all seriousness, "I guessed as much... but so what?"

"The Quartermaster is in the picture behind the curtains, but that pathway needs the music box to open it... 'The notes will guide you.'"

"Then why not just tell the Night Watchman that?" Lin Yi asked.

Mao Feiyang shook his head helplessly. "If only

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