Beep~ Beep~ The phone connects.
"Darling, why are you calling now? I’m at work."
"Mika, are you okay?"
"What could happen to me? Didn’t you personally drop me off at the company?
By the way, I didn’t see that short woman you mentioned, 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 home 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 remember its appearance and buy one from a jewelry store.
Clearly, the other party was intentionally messing 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 me from the very beginning, constantly enticing me 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 me completely, but she’d likely become more threatening."
It’s just that I have no clue about this movie plot. Stirring things up should bring the strange elements to the surface faster, saving some time."
Luo Di steps over the corpse and enters Miss Tian’s home.
The kitchen is full of rotting meat with maggots and insects, and various knives on the walls are stained with layers of blood. The fridge is stocked with various meat 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 frame.
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 same type is fine. The ensuing rewards should also lean towards this aspect, which suits me 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 some of the young people in the photos, who have had their organs removed and replaced with cotton.
"There’s something 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 compartment, which could be called a "workshop."
All sorts of knives, hammers, 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 become something 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 some 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... messing around would be bad."
The relevant personnel quickly arrive at the scene,
And soon, it’s confirmed 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 time 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.
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 come 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 home."
"Okay! Ladies, I’m heading back with my husband first, see you tomorrow."
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"By the way, Luo Di! I feel like I’ve changed a bit today.
You remember I said this morning that my body felt heavy? After I had your noodles and came 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 me squeeze out a spot for you."
Even in the small town, the after-work rush hour was still crowded. Mika, without any lady-like demeanor, 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 home."
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 home, 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.
Emergency braking is a taboo on the bus.
Luo Di immediately 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 something seemed rigged to the bottom of the bottle.
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 emergency brake had caused them to fall out.
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.
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 medical attention.
Luo Di didn’t waste any time, taking Mika’s hand and walking home.
On the way, he detailed today’s encounters and mentioned taking a half-month leave.
The same 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 moment, using any means possible, right? I might also get killed by her?"
Mika pursed her lips, widened her eyes beneath her glasses, staring at Luo Di, "You... have actually become 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 me.
But I’m sure you’re a good person."
"Can you tell me specifically what’s happening when we get home tonight? What will I become? No matter what, I’ll try my best to cooperate with you."
Looking at her sincere expression, Luo Di felt a moment of daze.
"Hmm! We’ll talk while we eat when we get home. If necessary, I’ll make some changes to you tonight."
"Changes? Oh... can I become 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.
Meanwhile, 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.