With the nine cri scene addresses, Bai Liang quickly gathered all nine silver items.
On top of the tall building, standing at the edge, Bai Liang gazed into the night sky, feeling the cold evening wind. His eyes were filled with contemplation.
“Nine murder sites, each far from the others, and all of them follow so strange pattern,” he murmured, looking at the city twinkling with lights.
After visiting all nine cri scenes, he coincidentally noticed that they seed to encircle a specific location in the city.
With a little asurent of the distances, they ford a symtrical nonagon.
Pondering, Bai Liang took out his phone and opened the map.
Marking the nine cri scenes and drawing a cross, he saw the central point.
“Old District... Are you hiding there?”
A hidden light flickered in Bai Liang’s eyes. Putting away his phone, he leaped from the tall building.
...
Yellow leaves covered the courtyard; several gnarled, dry trees protruded from its center, devoid of a single green leaf, creating a gloomy atmosphere.
A dead silence reigned around, with not even birds daring to nest here.
The gray surroundings exuded an eerie sensation, as if sothing dreadful could happen at any mont.
Creak!
A single step entered the courtyard; the sound of a broken branch echoed in the night, sounding particularly sharp.
“Is this the place?”
Toni took out a map of Carven City and glanced at his annotations.
Like Bai Liang, he noticed the connection between the nine cri scenes and accurately calculated the central point.
As Carven’s best detective, he was truly intelligent, despite his outwardly unserious deanor.
In fact, upon seeing the contents of that book, Toni imdiately connected it to the cri scenes.
And he perfectly understood that to solve this mystery, they needed to find the mysterious creature.
But why did he co here alone at night, instead of waiting until morning to co with Bai Liang?
“Kid, dangerous matters like these are best left to old-tirs like . You have a bright future ahead of you, and I’m already old.”
Gazing at this courtyard, Toni was filled with determination.
Even knowing the chances were slim, he was willing to take the risk. Bai Liang had so special abilities, but they had only partially manifested.
Could he handle this unknown creature? Toni doubted it.
After all, it’s always like this in movies: the protagonist must have a mont of growth, otherwise, he won’t be able to defeat the villain.
And Toni was willing to beco that mont of growth for Bai Liang, even if it cost him his life.
“Lord, let return alive. Perhaps this kid still needs !”
Toni glanced at the sky, then took out his pistol. Many grenades were hidden beneath his clothes.
Pistol in hand, he slowly moved forward. Ahead stood a large house, looking very old, as if no one had occupied it for a long ti.
To the left of the house was a well, overgrown with leaves and tangled with vines.
Toni slowly approached the house. He could almost hear his heart beating faster and faster, and sweat dripped from his forehead.
Rustle!
Suddenly, a shadow flitted across the roof.
Toni aid his pistol, but saw only eyes glowing in the darkness.
It turned out to be a cat.
“Why are there even cats in a place like this? Damn it, it seems horror movies don’t always lie,” Toni muttered, slightly relaxing.
But soon, his face beca serious again. He approached the window, took out a grenade, and threw it inside.
Then he quickly ran to the well and threw another grenade inside.
These spots seed the most suspicious, and the grenades should have resolved the problem.
And what about the house?
Clearly, this was too dangerous a place, and he had no intention of going inside. Taking a risk was one thing; seeking death was quite another.
Toni was ready to die, but not so foolishly!
Boom!
A loud explosion rang out, and the house, already on the verge of collapse, instantly turned into ruins.
But from the well, there wasn't a sound.
Toni, who was already standing far away, looked suspiciously at the well: “What the hell? Did the grenade misfire?”
He rembered that he had ticulously checked all his weapons before leaving to avoid any unforeseen circumstances.
Theoretically, the grenade shouldn't have misfired, but no explosion followed.
Perhaps this creature is hiding in the well?
Toni’s face changed. Pistol in hand, he approached the well, but stopped far from it, took out another grenade, and threw it inside.
One second... two... three...
Ten seconds passed, but still no explosion followed. Now Toni was certain: this creature was hiding in the well!
“Well, well, it really is here!”
Toni’s eyes glead. He turned and left, pulling out his phone to call Blainey.
Now that he had confird this place was the creature’s lair, he didn’t need to risk it. He would leave the rest to the professionals.
“Ring-ring...”
“Toni, why are you calling in the middle of the night?”
“Chief Blainey, I have very important information.”
“Alright, let guess: you found the killer?”
“Yes, I’m at **, please gather all officers and bring plenty of equipnt. An anti-tank sniper rifle would be best; it’ll co in handy.”
“Wait... an anti-tank sniper rifle? Toni, are you sure that’s needed for a killer? If you hadn’t said it was a killer, I would’ve thought monsters had invaded Carven!”
“Chief Blainey, you are wise as always. You guessed right: it really is a monster.”
“...Maybe I should bring a tank then?”
“Of course, I completely agree!”
“Alright, I’ll gather the n now. I hope you’re not joking again!”
Hearing Chief Blainey’s words, Toni finally breathed a sigh of relief. He walked beyond the courtyard and looked back.
One look and he froze in place, his eyes filled with terror.
A gigantic eye, a hundred ters in diater, covered in bloody tentacles, slowly descended from the sky, like a demon descending into the human world...
Toni, stunned, raised his hand and mumbled into the receiver: “Blainey, do you have a nuclear bomb?”
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