Chapter 550: Chapter 532: Advancing the Plot
Beep~ Beep~ The phone connects.
“Darling, why are you calling now? I’m at work.”
“Mika, are you okay?”
“What could happen to ? Didn’t you personally drop off at the company?
By the way, I didn’t see that short woman you ntioned, so don’t worry. Instead, be careful yourself. If you really encounter a stalker, try to record evidence and report it to the police.”
Luo Di looked at the severed finger in the delivery box and the couple’s silver ring on it. It was certain that this short woman must have climbed up his ho window at night to observe Mika’s finger structure.
As for the couple’s ring, it was even simpler. Luo Di had shown the ring when he signed for the delivery yesterday. She just needed to rember its appearance and buy one from a jewelry store.
Clearly, the other party was intentionally ssing with the mind.
“Alright, see you tonight.”
“See you tonight, hubby!”
Hanging up the phone,
Luo Di looked at the corpse on the ground, sniffing the spreading stench of blood.
“This woman has been conveying ugliness and malice to from the very beginning, constantly enticing to make a move on her.
Whether it’s a touch like just now or if I actually kill her, I reckon it would lead the incident in a bad direction. The touch would not only bind her to completely, but she’d likely beco more threatening.”
Whatever,
It’s just that I have no clue about this movie plot. Stirring things up like this should bring the strange elents to the surface faster, saving so ti.”
Luo Di steps over the corpse and enters Miss Tian’s ho.
The kitchen is full of rotting at with maggots and insects, and various knives on the walls are stained with layers of blood. The fridge is stocked with various at chunks that, from the looks of it, don’t belong to livestock.
The living room is piled high with unwashed and blood-stained clothes, all white dresses and red knitted jackets.
The bedroom deep within is even locked, with rubber sealing the gaps along the door fra.
With a single palm strike, he breaks the door lock.
Upon seeing the scene inside, Luo Di frowns slightly and his mouth curls up:
“Similar type? Looks like my random luck isn’t so bad.
Although I didn’t pick the classic murderer film, the sa type is fine. The ensuing rewards should also lean towards this aspect, which suits well.
However, this kind of murderer should die quickly.”
The walls of the sealed bedroom are plastered with various candid photos of youth aged 18-27, all of whom are quite good-looking.
Of course, Luo Di finds his own photo among them.
The bedroom also has a princess bed,
The bed is littered with several real mannequins, corresponding to so of the young people in the photos, who have had their organs removed and replaced with cotton.
“There’s sothing here…”
Luo Di notices a protrusion on the side of the bed, and with a gentle press… Click! A secret door opens.
Inside is a small compartnt, which could be called a “workshop.”
All sorts of knives, hamrs, syringes, acid, and basically any tools that could cause death are there.
Though these conventional murder tools seem to cause no harm to Luo Di, with the effect of the dungeon in play, they might beco sothing extraordinary.
Luo Di doesn’t destroy anything but instead turns back to the entrance.
Sure enough, the woman lying in the blood pool has disappeared, and even the spilled blood is gone.
“Is it undead, or so other ability? If that’s the case, I can push the plot this way, and it wouldn’t disrupt the setup, keeping the plot logically developing.”
Luo Di decisively calls the police, reporting an accidental discovery of a serial killer while delivering a package at the door.
“Wait for the police to arrive~ This way, I can use this to temporarily decline work and completely focus on handling this incident.
I always feel that ‘maintaining the setup’ and reasonably promoting the plot might result in higher dungeon ratings or more rewards afterwards.
Besides, since it’s a film event, it should be handled this way… ssing around would be bad.”
The relevant personnel quickly arrive at the scene,
And soon, it’s confird that the “Miss Tian” living here committed multiple heinous murders, and over a dozen bodies yet to be dealt with are found next door.
Luo Di, as the reporter, is taken to the police station, and after a series of questions and identity verification, his innocence is quickly established.
Upon leaving the police station, Luo Di takes the opportunity to request half a month’s leave from work, dedicating himself to handling this matter.
“There’s one more thing to do; now’s the perfect ti to pick Mika up from work.”
Without the company’s delivery truck, Luo Di opts for public transport.
He doesn’t choose to use any special abilities to obtain a vehicle either, as doing so might disrupt the ‘plot’.
His girlfriend, knowing clear about their savings, would inevitably be suspicious with the sudden appearance of a car, destabilizing the narrative.
After work hours.
“Mika.”
Walking with several girlfriends, Mika suddenly freezes, adjusts her glasses, and upon confirming it’s Luo Di standing at the entrance, she shouts loudly:
“Honey! How co you’re here!”
In front of all colleagues, Mika runs directly in high heels, clings to Luo Di, her face full of happiness.
“Let’s talk on the way later, the company’s car already went back, we need to take the bus ho.”
“Okay! Ladies, I’m heading back with my husband first, see you tomorrow.”
A few of the ladies pinched their noses and flapped their hands back and forth, as if a strong sour stench wafted through the air.
“By the way, Luo Di! I feel like I’ve changed a bit today.
You rember I said this morning that my body felt heavy? After I had your noodles and ca to work, I felt full of energy, didn’t even really need a nap.
And do you know what’s even stranger?
The company needed to move the workstations today, and I managed to lift a chair with one hand. It’s an ergonomic chair, and I couldn’t lift it with both hands before.
Also, my body occasionally heats up, and I often need to drink water.”
“That’s good, the bus is here! Let’s get on first.”
“Alright! Watch squeeze out a spot for you.”
Even in the small town, the after-work rush hour was still crowded. Mika, without any lady-like deanor, forced her way on with her small bag, pulling Luo Di along with her.
The two squeezed among the crowd,
Mika used Luo Di’s body as a handhold, hugged him tightly, and looked up from her head resting on his chest.
“Why are you off work so early?”
“It’s too crowded here, let’s talk when we get ho.”
“Oh.”
Luo Di spread his perception throughout the bus, and though passengers were getting on and off, the expected short woman didn’t appear.
Just one more stop until ho, and there were relatively fewer people on the bus.
As the bus approached a junction, the driver, seeing the green light still just manageable, sped up slightly.
Out of nowhere, a red figure dashed from the roadside, startling the driver into slamming the brakes to the floor.
Ergency braking is a taboo on the bus.
Luo Di imdiately reached out to hold Mika steady, unmovingly. The other passengers, however, weren’t so lucky, all pitching forward and falling heavily to the ground, cries of pain ringing out.
But Luo Di’s attention wasn’t on the injured passengers; he noticed a glass bottle flying out from the back row of the bus.
This glass bottle looked very similar to the acid bottle he saw at Miss Tian’s house that morning.
He also noticed sothing seed rigged to the bottom of the bottle.
“A bomb?”
Without any hesitation, Luo Di hugged Mika and leaped sideways, breaking through the bus window and tumbling outside.
However, the expected explosion didn’t happen. The driver quickly got off the bus to check on Luo Di and Mika, assuming the ergency brake had caused them to fall out.
“We’re fine.”
Luo Di quickly got up and ran back to the bus,
only to find that the broken glass bottle contained just ordinary water, with nothing but chewing gum stuck to the bottom.
Just then,
a strange laughter echoed again,
peering through the bus window to the other side of the road,
that short woman was showcasing a smile among the crowd and quickly vanished after making a farewell gesture.
Instead of getting angry, Luo Di showed a sly smile, actively waving back at her, “Showing yourself is a good thing, I’m just worried you’ll keep hiding.”
The bus wasn’t going anywhere now, with a bunch of people needing dical attention.
Luo Di didn’t waste any ti, taking Mika’s hand and walking ho.
On the way, he detailed today’s encounters and ntioned taking a half-month leave.
The sa Mika, who also graduated just half a year ago, instead of being afraid, bit her lower lip with a serious face.
“Luo Di… that murderer will linger around you until caught, ready to attack at any mont, using any ans possible, right? I might also get killed by her?”
“Yes.”
Mika pursed her lips, widened her eyes beneath her glasses, staring at Luo Di, “You… have actually beco a different person, haven’t you?
I can feel it; you’re not my boyfriend. Especially with what happened on the bus today and the small changes happening to .
But I’m sure you’re a good person.”
“Can you tell specifically what’s happening when we get ho tonight? What will I beco? No matter what, I’ll try my best to cooperate with you.”
Looking at her sincere expression, Luo Di felt a mont of daze.
“Hmm! We’ll talk while we eat when we get ho. If necessary, I’ll make so changes to you tonight.”
“Changes? Oh… can I beco like a superwoman then! Then I wouldn’t need to work anymore, yay! La la la la la♪”
Mika’s serious face was instantly replaced with innocence, her steps turned into skips, even throwing punches at the air.
Even Luo Di couldn’t help but smile helplessly at her antics.
anwhile, in a corner depths unable to be captured,
the woman, who always kept wearing an ugly smile, now found it impossible to laugh, feeling as uncomfortable as facing a rebuttal.
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