Ring of Fate

Chapter 987 Quiet Night

Janna's spirits tensed up instantly, and she decided to comfort Lumianna and not give her the chance to go to Mushu Hospital until Lumian returned at around seven or eight tomorrow night.

She looked at Lumiana and said sincerely:
"The investigation into the hot pot restaurant shooting case has not yet been concluded. If you go to Mushu Hospital, you will most likely be taken to the police station. Even if the police can prove that you have nothing to do with Zarathustra's death, it will take quite some time. You will be detained for at least several days, which will cause you to lose your job."

Hearing the phrase "losing her job," Lumiana showed a not-too-obvious look of fear:
"Well, I have to hide for two days, and then I should be able to go to work disguised as a man."

She had been indoctrinated by Janet into thinking that she was working as a security guard disguised as a man.

Jenna didn't dare to relax. She glanced at the curtains that blocked the bright moonlight and said to Lumiana:

"We can't go to Mushu Hospital, but we can go to the rooftop to get some fresh air and relax."

“Okay.” An uncontrollable smile appeared on Lumiana’s clean and clear face.

Janna first fixed the door lock, then took Lumiana out of room 2303 and went to the rooftop via the elevator and stairs.

During the whole process, she hid a mirror in each hand to reflect light, create illusions, and conceal her and Lumiana's figures from the surveillance cameras.

Feeling the cool breeze as the night's heat faded, Lumiana half-closed her eyes and took two deep breaths.

She then walked to the guardrail wall at the edge of the rooftop, pointed at the top, and asked Janna for her opinion:

"Can I sit on it?"

"Normal people can't do it, it's very dangerous, but it's okay for you, you have a good sense of balance, better than an acrobat." Janna was not afraid of Lumiana falling, she had enough ability to rescue her, so she wanted to try if the loophole had not been filled, and she kept hinting to Lumiana that she had abilities beyond ordinary people, then whether Lumiana really had extraordinary powers.

Lumiana placed her hands on the top of the parapet wall and nimbly jumped up, preparing to sit down.

Suddenly, her hand slipped, she lost her balance, and was about to fall to a height of a hundred meters below.

At this moment, she felt several invisible ropes pulling her, helping her to stabilize her body.

"Oh, I was scared to death..." She turned sideways, looked at Janna who was sitting next to her, and patted her chest.

She felt that it was Jana who pulled her back.

Jenna, who gently wrapped Lumiana with invisible spider silk to protect her, found that she had overlooked one thing:
This guy is still in the bad luck brought by the negative effect of the "Ring of Binding". Even if he really gains very good balance ability based on his own suggestion, he will fail because he is too unlucky.

"Be careful." Janna warned.

Lumiana said "hmm" and nodded slightly.

She looked at the lighted internal roads of the community below for a few seconds, raised her head, and cast her gaze towards the bright moon in the sky.

The brightness of the moon and the light pollution of the city make the stars disappear.

Lumiana leaned her hands on the top of the guardrail wall and looked at the moon quietly, absorbed in it.

After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly said to herself:
“I remembered a line of poetry.”

She didn't turn her head or look at Janna, but continued to look at the bright moon in the sky.

"What poem?" Jannah was enjoying the current peace and quiet.

Lumiana continued to stare at him, and said in a slightly vague voice:
"Raise your head to look at the bright moon, lower your head to miss your hometown."

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In a conference room in the police department, the lights were still on late at night.

Lun Xiande stood in front of the whiteboard and pointed at two photos.
"We can make a conclusion that this case involves supernatural forces. The murderer or the murderer gang can use the mirror and the mirror world behind the mirror."

The two photos were one of the broken mirror in the dressing room and the other of the broken glass window in the box where the deceased was.

Officer Dunn, who was sitting below, nodded slightly, signaling Lun Xiande to continue:

"Therefore, those who were not in the hot pot restaurant lobby and not under surveillance during the corresponding time period are all suspects and need to be further investigated.

"They are probably going to monitor blind spots and use the mirrors they carry with them to sneak back into the hot pot restaurant lobby and wait for the deceased to return from the mirror world. If the deceased returns, he will give him a fatal blow. If not, it means that his companions have succeeded."

Dunn raised his hand and pointed out the loophole in Lun Xiande's reasoning:
"It may also be that it has been lurking behind a mirror or a glass window and has not appeared in the lobby of Shujinrenjia Hotpot Restaurant before.

"From the extent to which this group of people used the mirror world, it seems that they didn't need to send people to the hot pot restaurant lobby in advance to wait while eating hot pot. They could just wait until the time was almost up, or receive a signal, and then drill into the mirror world from a distance and come to the predetermined assassination location. You see, the woman who walked out of the screen with Zarathustra had never appeared in the lobby before."

After saying this, Dunn raised his palm and sniffed the tobacco in the pipe.

"Yes." Lun Xiande admitted that what the captain said was correct, "But we also need to check for people who left the hot pot restaurant lobby during that time period but were not recorded by the surveillance cameras in the corresponding state at the time of the incident."

"Remove the last condition." Dunn thought for two seconds and said, "Anyone who can use the mirror world can also deceive the surveillance camera. You have to know that surveillance cameras rely on optical principles to record, and people who control mirrors are good at influencing light and creating optical illusions."

After Lun Xiande nodded, Dunn turned sideways and said to Li En:
"Tell me about the preliminary investigation results."

Li En stood up and replaced Lun Xiande's position:

“We have used dream questioning on seventeen people so far, and none of them noticed anything unusual.

“Roshan: I was surprised and couldn’t believe the death of Zarathustra.

“Zhou Mingrui: He was very wary of Zarathustra, but he also did not foresee his death.

“Luo Fu: At that time, she left the hall and went to the women’s restroom. There was no surveillance in the restroom, but she was also very surprised by Zarathustra’s death and was obviously frightened.

"Initially, the three of them were listed as key targets for investigation because they were all employees of the Intis Group. They might have been instructed by some powerful people within the Intis Group who did not want the merger and reorganization to go to the Shujinrenjia Hotpot Restaurant to assassinate Zarathustra and disrupt the ongoing business negotiations. However, they did not know that Huang Tao and Zarathustra were also in the Shujinrenjia Hotpot Restaurant, and that Luo Shan and Zhou Mingrui did not leave the hall the entire time...

"The preliminary conclusion is that they are fine."

Dunn agreed, and Lun Xiande said nothing.

After discussing the case in depth, Dunn stood up and said to his subordinates:
"There are two priorities at the moment. First, to investigate the remaining suspects, including those mentioned by Lun Xiande and those who have real motives. Second, to find the woman who walked out of the screen with Zarathustra. Although she did not attack Zarathustra at the time, the fact that she walked out of the screen itself is worthy of attention."

"Yes, Captain." Police officers including Lun Xiande and Li En stood up and responded.

Dunn smiled and said seriously:

"This involves foreign guests and major commercial activities. Thank you for your hard work. I will go to Director Ya to report now."

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After looking at the moon for more than half an hour and enjoying the night breeze for more than half an hour, Janna took Lumiana back to Room 2303.

"Rest, you're not fully recovered yet." Janna pointed to the bedroom.

Lumiana, wearing a nightgown, opened the door and walked into the bedroom, and found that the sick Franca had woken up at some point because of her departure.

"Are you feeling better now?" Franca had learned from Janna through WeChat what the two of them had done.

Lumiana looked at Franca and nodded with mixed emotions:
"Much better."

She had mixed emotions because she remembered that she and Luo Fu were also in a relationship.

And this did not affect her and Janna's relationship as a couple.

I thought I was just an ordinary yuri... How come the yuri community is so chaotic? Am I such a bad girl? Lumiana sat down on the bed and said to Franca:
"Go to sleep, I have to go to work tomorrow."

The security guards work on shifts.

Franca looked at Lumiana and said with a smile:
"Did you forget? You asked for two days off, Friday and Saturday, and your director Green approved it."

Lumiana blinked:
"Oh, right... I forgot about that. No wonder I don't have to work the afternoon shift today. I can go directly to Shujin Renjia in the evening..."

Looking at Lumiana like this, Franca suddenly felt that she was a little cute.

After the two people in the bedroom fell asleep again, Janna also lay down on the sofa, closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

After a while, her astral body came to Roshan's shaman world and saw that the girl was still guarding the translucent barrier and had fought off a new round of attacks from monsters.

From the corner of her eye, Janna saw Franka's astral body. She was wandering around in a daze just like the people around her.

This means that because of her illness, Franka's consciousness came in and then went out.

Then, Janna discovered Lumiana's astral body, who was also not in a clear state of mind.

"She is not a Beyonder after all..." Just as Janna was having this feeling, she suddenly realized something.

Roxanne should know!
It was difficult to hide from the shaman in her "territory".

The next second, Janna saw Roshan half-turned and said to herself:

"You were the ones who killed Zarathustra."

Roxanne had seen Lumiana's astral body, the beautiful woman walking off the screen with Zarathustra.

"Yes, I didn't tell you before because I was worried that the police would have special means to confirm whether you were lying." Janna explained.

Luo Shan asked doubtfully:

"Isn't Luo Fu afraid of being caught lying?"

"She had done the corresponding hypnosis in advance." Janna did not hide it.

Luo Shan remained silent for several seconds before she asked in a low and difficult voice:

"Is this really a dream?"

(End of this chapter)