Nightmare Light

Chapter 284 Arrest Plan
Upon hearing Lin Wang's arrest plan, everyone present—including the security personnel, Ji Shuxun, and the two sheriffs—expressed their doubts about Lin Wang's overly audacious plan.

After all, the entire Lushan area is now in a state of panic, with everyone on edge.

The blood-stealing thief could return at any time, and he has already started killing people and stealing brains.

in this case……

“Mr. Lin Wang from the North…” A bald security guard frowned. “You should know that our responsibility is the safety of this house and everyone inside. You are now asking us to withdraw in order to lure the suspect in… I’m sorry, we cannot agree to that.”

Jiang Shanjun nodded in agreement: "Lin Wang, this is too dangerous."

“I need to correct myself: I didn’t ask you to withdraw, but rather to increase the search efforts in the surrounding mountains and forests, which led to a slight relaxation of security at the villa,” Lin Wang said.

“But this is still very dangerous!” The bald security guard—presumably one of the security supervisors here—still frowned. “If my employers are harmed in this situation, I can’t take responsibility!”

“First of all, your current security measures are still not enough to stop that suspect.” Lin Wang interrupted him bluntly (the security guards around him looked very grim upon hearing this). “Secondly, I have already made arrangements to ensure that the people of Lushan can be protected.”

"You made the arrangements? When?" Ji Shuxun asked.

“Raise your hand.”

Lin Wang said to her, and she obediently raised her right hand. Lin Wang snapped his fingers, and a pale flame instantly surged from Lu Shan Girl's palm.

Ji Shuxun was taken aback and cried out, jumping up. But she quickly realized that the fire was completely cold and wouldn't hurt her.

"How amazing... So you've left your mark on all the people of Deer Mountain?" the Deer Mountain girl asked. "But what's the use of this fire?"

"Who among you will shoot her?" Lin Wang asked.

The surrounding security personnel were startled.

The bald security captain shouted, "What a joke! How could we shoot at Miss Shu Xun!"

"What if I told you that your guns couldn't hurt her at all?"

"That won't do! Our duty is to protect the people of Lushan!"

“Sigh, so stubborn…” Lin Wang shook his head and looked at the security guards around him.

A security guard came out and said, "Mr. Lin, please let me do this test."

"also."

Lin Wang flicked a small flame at the security guard, and the flame disappeared in a flash, as if nothing had happened.

The security guard took a breath, raised his right hand to his partner, thought for a moment, then switched to his left hand: "Let's use the left hand, that way it won't affect pulling the trigger."

The bald security guard, his face ashen, raised his gun, aimed at his companion's left hand, and said, "Brother, excuse me." Then he pulled the trigger.

Boom!
dong dong!

The piercing sound of gunfire erupted in the library, and Ji Shuxun covered her ears.

After a few gunshots, the bald security guard lowered his gun, and the crowd gathered around.

Then, to their utter astonishment, they discovered that the security guard's left hand was completely unharmed!
As the bullets approached his left hand, they were enveloped by a tiny white flame, turning into ice that hung in his palm like tiny cocoons on a web.

"This...is amazing!" Tian Taozi clapped her hands. "Lin Wang is so amazing!"

"That was amazing!" The security guard looked at his palm with shock and delight, then suddenly turned to the bald security captain, "Wait, why did you use rapid fire just now?"

The bald security guard coughed and turned his face away: "Mr. Lin, we will do as you say..."

"Are you taking this opportunity to settle a personal score?!"

"..."

……

Half an hour later, a piercing alarm sounded on Deer Mountain.

Everyone in Lushan noticed a large number of Lushan security personnel, armed and leading dogs, rushing out of the Lushan villas, shouting and yelling. "Quick! Follow them! The killer can't have gone far!"

"Seal off a two-kilometer radius around Lushan! Make sure you catch that guy!"

"The killer is extremely vicious! Make sure all communications remain open!"

Some busybodies found out that someone had been assassinated in Lushan, and the security guards judged that the murderer had not gone far, so they went out to search for him.

In the monitoring room, Jiang Shanjun asked Lin Wang, "Lin Wang, are you confident that the suspect will take the bait?"

"No, I'm gambling," Lin Wang said honestly. "However, statistically speaking, I have a higher chance of winning."

“Gambling?” Jiang Shanjun frowned; she didn’t like that word.

“Yes, I’m betting on two things.” Lin Wang adjusted the angle of one of the cameras slightly. “First, I bet the murderer has a real need for the blood of the people of Lushan; second, I bet he’s pressed for time.”

Jiang Shanjun frowned and opened her mouth, but she didn't expect to refute Lin Wang's reasoning. Moreover, from the perspective of solving cases, sometimes it is necessary to use the method of setting up traps in advance and staking out suspects.

She said softly, "Then, then..."

Just then, the white cat's cry suddenly rang in Lin Wang's mind: "Lin Wang! Lin Wang!"

Lin Wang's expression turned serious, and he responded in his mind, "What's wrong?"

"Meow, I saw that the winged mouse you brought back has gotten into trouble!"

Lin Wang was stunned for a long time before he realized that the "winged rat" the cat girl was talking about was the strange priest he had just brought out of his dream.

He quickly asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"His wings fell off!"

……

A few minutes later, under the tree fern.

Lin Wang made an excuse to leave the monitoring room (actually, he just wanted to pee), switched his mental powers, and entered the giant tree space.

When he arrived at the location of the "vine cell," the cat girl was standing on all fours with her tail raised, circling around the cell entrance.

He gently flicked the cat girl's ear: "Why don't you walk on two legs?"

The cat girl twitched her ears and said lazily, "Meow, I forgot."

"..." Lin Wang's lips twitched, and he shook his head, no longer dwelling on the question. Instead, he looked at the vine cage and asked, "What happened to that priest?"

"The flying rat's wings fell off!"

"How did his wings fall off?" Lin Wang asked curiously as he walked to the cage.

The cage opened automatically in front of him, revealing the visitor who was temporarily imprisoned there.

Only then did Lin Wang understand what the cat girl meant by "the wings fell off".

The priest was originally in the form of a "low-budget version of the Night-Walking Dragon," with bat wings, a rat face, a sharp snout, and long teeth, looking extremely ferocious.

But now, it... or rather, its bat wings turned to red ash, its body shrank and its mouse face disappeared, and it became a thin man of average height and pale complexion, sitting silently in the cage.

Upon seeing Lin Wang enter the cage, he looked up and nodded at Lin Wang, then lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

But in that instant of nodding, Lin Wang clearly saw that the man had a pair of eyes that were clear and lucid!
"You've regained your senses?" Lin Wang quickened his pace and walked towards the man. "Can you communicate?"

What the man said next surprised Lin Wang.

"Is it the Imperial Calendar or the Federal Calendar?"

(End of this chapter)