4: Chapter 4 New Goals 4: Chapter 4 New Goals The detectives had their own website where they shared the strange cases they encountered.
Most cases were popular among the detectives; they eagerly contributed their wisdom to help solve the mysteries.
However, there was one type of case that most detectives were reluctant to touch, even forming an unwritten rule in the industry not to mention them at all.
These were the cases related to supernatural phenomena, referred to on the website as “internal cases.” They were sealed at the bottom of the website and were not easily fetched.
The vampire had been one such case that Wen Wen had sifted through and found to be a relatively easy target.
He was now looking for another manageable case to enhance his superpower.
In his rental room, Wen Wen continuously scrolled with his mouse, his eyes rapidly scanning.
“Hmm, this place seems quite good.”
At ten o’clock at night, the moonlight couldn’t penetrate the cloud-covered sky, and the fog of the night enveloped the entire city.
From the outside, an orange glow seeped from a dorm room at the far end of the second floor of Dormitory Building No.
2 at Green Source Middle School.
The school had already turned off the lights; theoretically, the students should have been asleep by now, clearly, this dorm room shouldn’t still be lit.
Inside the dorm, three students sat together playing cards, a candle placed in the middle of them.
I win!” a slightly chubby student exclaimed, clenching his fist.
A slim dark-skinned student next to him was startled and quickly covered his mouth.
“Pan Dapeng, keep it down!
Do you want to call that old man over here?”
Hearing “old man,” the chubby Pan Dapeng quickly shut his mouth; to them, the Dormitory Supervisor of the building was a very scary person, always appearing and disappearing unpredictably and very harsh in his dealings.
Afterward, the three students deliberately lowered their voices and continued playing cards.
Although they were scared of the supervisor, the game had to go on—they were only thirteen or fourteen, at an age when they loved to play.
Engrossed in the game, they lost track of time and it was soon midnight.
They were lucky that the Dormitory Supervisor hadn’t found them yet.
“That’s it, no more games, we have to get up early for class tomorrow,” Li Wenliang, the slim dark-skinned student, yawned and stood up to go to the bathroom.
As he opened the door, he saw a wrinkled-faced old man standing grimly at the doorway, staring straight at him, which instantly scared the urge to urinate out of him.
It was the Dormitory Supervisor of the building!
Li Wenliang gave an awkward smile and then closed the dorm room door.
To his surprise, the Dormitory Supervisor simply looked at him as he shut the door, not stopping him, not even blinking an eye!
He walked back with a strange expression on his face, wanting to describe the situation outside to his roommates.
But he found his roommates staring at him with faces full of horror.
“Weird, how did you guys know that the Dormitory Supervisor was right outside our dorm?” Li Wenliang asked in surprise.
But soon, he realized they were not afraid of the Dormitory Supervisor.
Two somewhat darkened palms rested on Li Wenliang’s shoulders, a head with no eyeballs stretched out beside him, expressionlessly looking at him!
What they feared was this figure!
An unusual coldness, paired with an uncontrollable fear, surged in Li Wenliang’s heart.
Compared to the figure behind him, even the Dormitory Supervisor seemed amiable…
In the train station, burdened with a huge suitcase, Wen Wen couldn’t help but sneeze.
The air was filled with mixed scents, which overwhelmed him momentarily.
Having acquired the basic abilities of a vampire, his sense of smell had greatly improved, much like that of a dog, capable of distinguishing various odors.
Sweat, body odor, and even the scent of stale underwear—he could smell them all very clearly.
“This is Furong River City, a major city with a population of several million.
Looks like I’ll be staying here for a while.”
As a big city, Furong River City had many unusual cases, but these were usually unknown to the public.
Wen Wen had learned from insiders on detective websites that Furong River City was the nearby city with the most ‘internal cases’ occurring.
He was to solve these cases one by one, as capturing monsters was a strict requirement of the Catastrophe Containment Facility.
Only by capturing more monsters could he unlock more abilities at the facility.
He checked into a clean motel and opened his laptop.
He had solved numerous complex cases before, and the rewards from various police stations were substantial, so he was not short of money.
“To be safe, let’s start with a simple case to test the waters, let me see…”
After searching for a while, Wen Wen locked onto a case.
Three middle school students playing cards at midnight led to a major accident, and the reason is so simple!’
“It’s one of those titles again, seemingly uninformative… but I can’t help clicking on it…”
Wen Wen mused and browsed through the details of the case.
“Hmm, these three middle school students were all scared into the hospital; one even suffered from frostbite and went directly insane while the Dormitory Supervisor, who stood at the door all night, nearly crippled his legs and also rested in the hospital…”
Wen Wen, touching his chin, muttered, “This indeed looks like a supernatural case, and it seems not very dangerous.
No ordinary person died; perhaps I won’t run into trouble either.”
Next, Wen Wen searched online for more information related to the case and found nothing, which further confirmed his thoughts.
Typically, real supernatural cases could not be found on ordinary public platforms.
Those bizarre events that caused a stir on the internet were either too big to conceal or were manipulated by someone, offering no significance to Wen Wen.
The untraceability of this case online further indicated it was the type he was interested in.
Then, he called a friend at the police station and acquired some internal documents.
After reviewing them, he made up his mind.
“Very well, this would be Great Detective Wen Wen’s first ‘internal case’… or maybe the second; never mind that.”
The next day at noon, at the front door of Pan Dapeng’s house, the doorbell rang.
A gaunt middle-aged woman in a cashmere sweater opened the door and paused for a moment upon seeing the visitor.
“Hello, I am an insurance verifier from the Federation Huaguoduo Insurance Company.
I heard that your son was frightened at the school dormitory a few days ago.
I’ve come to discuss the specifics of the insurance compensation.”
Wen Wen, dressed in a cheap black suit and wearing black-rimmed glasses, politely spoke while holding a briefcase.