The Reborn Girl Is Dauntless but Overly Cautious

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The voice outside grew increasingly plaintive, and the residents' group chat kept buzzing with new messages.

Property Manager: "@504, we're right outside your door. Hurry up and let us in for a quick check, so everyone can rest easy."

603: "@504, yeah, come on, open up. We're at your doorstep."

Property Manager: "Hmm? No response? No worries, I have the keys to the entire building."

603: "That's great."

The messages paused for a few minutes, then more sprang up.

Property Manager: "What happened, who killed 504?"

603: "Who killed 504?"

603: "Who killed 504?"

603: "Who killed 504?"

The repetition of messages indicated that the murderer was panicking.

201: "What's going on! He was just chatting with me!"

Property Manager: "@201, don't move, we're coming to you. This is too strange."

603: "Too strange, who is it, who could it be?"

After another brief pause.

Property Manager: "How could this happen! How did 201 die? Who did this?"

603: "@404, did you kill 504 and 201, was it you? No, no, that can't be right, you couldn't have."

In just a few minutes, both 504 and 201 were dead, despite having just been active in the chat.

Clearly, these were not the doings of the murderer, who was likely nearing a breakdown by now.