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Chapter 148 147. Corpse and Dream (3000) (22)

at dusk.

In the back alley of a bar.

Dirty water flows and garbage is everywhere.

Flies and cockroaches dance together, wild cats and mice coexist peacefully, and they are fat and strong one by one. If you don’t know, you may think that someone’s pig has escaped, and there is a bloody light in the shadows—the food here is very beneficial to cats and mice. Rats are too plentiful to kill each other.

A leather boot coldly stepped into it, splashing some sewage.

"This is the last place we want to investigate, right?"

Kota's tone was slightly low, and he was at the forefront of the team.

Fuyuno Asuka responded, "Yes."

They worked hard for most of the day, checking all suspicious places one by one.

It's just that, unfortunately, the previous location either didn't have many clues, or it was simply a case made by another prisoner.

By the way, the group also arrested a murderer and two cultists, but they failed to make any progress on the suspected [Ghoul].

However, everyone is not too discouraged.

This is the normal state in the investigation process. It seems that the suspect can be caught immediately as soon as a shot is taken, but it is a minority of the minority.

If this task could be solved so easily, the Security Division wouldn't have summoned the three groups to act separately.

Looking at the messy alley in front of him, Kota didn't have much hope in his heart, but he still endured the smell and walked forward.

【Nuclear light method】

With the rotation of the light core in the body, a light ball gradually formed in Kota's hand, emitting a sharp light towards the surroundings.

Like ice and snow meeting sunshine, the dirty air and dirty water in the alleys are purified, and weak cockroaches and the like directly ignite and melt.

After the wild cat and mouse screamed, they fled in panic.

An Le was amazed when he saw it: 'This ability is very useful for hygiene! '

When the light faded away, even though there was still some rotten smell, it was much better than before.

"Huh? The smell of blood..."

An Le sniffed lightly with the tip of his nose. As a [Blood Warlock (+14)], he was already quite sensitive to the smell of blood. After the stench dissipated, he immediately noticed a strange smell.

Kota turned his head and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Here."

An Le walked to the corner of the alley and came to a trash can that was full.

The source of the smell of rancid blood is nearby, just in sight, but it's just a blue-black, dirty ground.

At this time, other members of the group, including Xia Bingxin, dispersed and searched the entire alley.

At least within the range of sight, nothing of value was found.

So, they all focused on An Le.

"Everyone get out of the way."

An Le told them that there might be something they were looking for hidden under the stone slab.

Kota and others naturally followed suit.

Xia Bingxin was expressionless, but she was a little surprised in her heart: 'How do you feel... His prestige in the group is higher than that of Guangtai? '

The power of the shadow surged, and it was easy to find a suitable angle to pry the ground open.

A dilapidated corpse appeared in front of everyone.

Just the moment they saw it, the faces of the team members became unsightly.

It can be barely seen from the shape of the corpse that the deceased was a male.

Green and black plaques were rotting on his remaining skin, and fatty maggots were wriggling among them.

The reason why it is said to be "existing" is because most of the skin on the corpse is gone, and it was not stripped, burned, or torn, but...

Be eaten away.

The evidence is that on the remaining muscles and bones of the corpse, there are countless traces of teeth occlusal and scratching.

That is definitely not the imprint that human teeth can leave, but like some kind of ferocious canine animal.

If anyone has ever seen the bones of antelopes eaten by hyenas on the African savannah, they can understand how terrifying the tooth marks on the bones are.

On the man's face, only one eye socket was left intact.

There are a few shreds of meat on the face bone, which has long been rotten.

Extra fat maggots were active in his dark eye sockets.

Looking closely at the skull of the corpse, one can find that there is a small hole in the Tianling Cap, which is empty, and all his brain tissue has been sucked out.

Even Kota and the others, who were used to seeing bloody scenes, had difficulty accepting the tragic state of this corpse at this time.

"This... oh-"

Chen Ye's performance was the worst, he turned his head and retched.

Fumino Asuka and Kota were not much better, their complexions were livid, and they couldn't bear to look any longer.

Wu Yong closed his eyes and murmured softly: "Have you eaten?"

It should be praying for the dead.

Even Xia Bingxin, who had been expressionless all this time, changed slightly.

Even though they had known for a long time that this was a case suspected to be related to ghouls, knowing and witnessing it with their own eyes were never the same.

It's as if someone knows that he can cut a tiger's belly with a knife, but when he actually meets a tiger, it can only be a delicious meal.

The only thing that is as calm as before is Anle.

In time, he realizes: 'Should I be afraid at this moment? '

But it's a bit too deliberate to do it after realizing it.

An Le simply pretended that nothing happened, and was going to use the shadow to turn over the corpse to see if there were any new discoveries.

At this moment, a warning sign suddenly appeared in An Le's heart.

Different from the usual sense of life and death crisis, this warning sign is more mysterious, with an indescribable characteristic.

He immediately shouted: "Back!"

Before the words were finished, several groups of black shadows sprang out from under the corpse, and rushed towards the nearby people at a speed that was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye.

Even An Le could vaguely see their red eyes and alienated sharp teeth.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Fortunately, Anle's early warning worked again.

Without exception, all those black shadows collided with the shield-like shadows, making the sound of metal and stone.

An Le took advantage of the opportunity to wrap and trap them with shadows, and was able to see the appearance of the black shadows.

"This is... a mouse?"

Kota was the first to come back to his senses, and said in surprise.

The creature bound by the shadows, from the appearance, it is no suspense that people are familiar with the mouse.

It's just that their size is two to three times that of ordinary mice.

The grotesque thing is that these mice have no hair, and their gray-black skin has a disgusting greasy texture, covered with dirty moss, their forelimbs are more powerful, and their mouths are like some kind of canine.

It was like a cross between a mouse and a dog, messy and filthy.

They desperately attacked the shadow with their teeth and sharp claws, trying to eat the shadow, they were extremely cruel and aggressive.

An Le frowned slightly.

He was not surprised by the appearance of these mice, but felt a sense of disobedience.

It's true that these little things are very threatening to ordinary supernatural beings, but to An Le... that's it?

This is not in line with that strong warning sign.

‘Where is the enemy still hiding? '

An Le carefully looked around, especially under the body, but found nothing.

'strangeness……'

Putting this weird mood behind for a while, An Le was planning to crush all these mice to death.

But I heard Xia Bingxin say: "Don't do it yet!"

"These mice may have been contaminated by the target," she explained.

"It is very likely that there are certain related biological tissues left, which may be used to locate the target."

An Le nodded, agreeing to this statement.

Then, a group of people conducted an in-depth inspection of the alley, but found nothing else.

This is also the last location they checked today.

Back at the Security Department, An Le handed over the mutated mouse to the relevant department, and then he could go home from get off work.

Witnessing such a scene, until the moment of parting, the expressions of Kota and others were not very good-looking.

"Ghoul, that must be a ghoul."

Chen Ye said solemnly: "Every minute this dangerous guy exists in Yuechong City, it may cause even greater disasters."

Kota also said, "I hope I can catch it smoothly."

Wu Yong said in a tone of approval: "Have you eaten yet?"

The danger of ghouls goes far beyond devouring corpses.

They will emit pollution all the time, infecting the creatures they touch with similar characteristics, and their reproduction ability is extremely strong.

The most frightening thing is that some ghouls even have a level of intelligence not inferior to that of humans, and they have even heard terrifying rumors that ghouls and humans gave birth to offspring.

Thinking of the scene in the alley, Fumino Asuka couldn't help shivering, and murmured softly.

"Tonight, I'm definitely going to have a nightmare..."

However, she was far from alone in having nightmares.

*****

After waking up, An Le soon realized that he hadn't really woken up.

An Le sat up silently, observing the surroundings in the darkness.

Here, it was still the orphanage he was familiar with, and the bedroom he was familiar with.

An Le reached out to touch the switch beside the bed. The moment he made this action, he felt something was wrong. A feeling of weakness rose from his body, and there was a strange sense of incongruity everywhere.

It's as if the body that An Le controls now doesn't belong to him.

An Le suppressed this long-lost anxiety and turned on the light.

The bedroom immediately became brighter, and the layout here was exactly the same as in his memory. It was just the scene An Le saw, which always revealed a weird anomaly, as if it would be distorted and changed at any time.

An Le lowered her head, and found that her arms were much slimmer than in her impression, without those muscular lines.

The height as far as the eye can see is also slightly shorter.

An Le has some guesses in her heart, but it still needs to be confirmed.

He walked out of the bedroom and walked to the bathroom beside him.

The sky was pitch black, and the orphanage was silent, without the children's breathing, heartbeat or babbling.

In the corridor, only his own footsteps could be heard.

When she came to the bathroom, An Le looked at the mirror in front of her.

Reflected in the mirror is a slender and handsome boy, like the little prince in a fairy tale, and also like a piece of fragile porcelain.

In the dim light.

He... laughed!