The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 111: Man-Eating Snake
At the ferry terminal late at night, the pale light of a street lamp cannot illuminate the dark river surface. The violent river wind blows, and the waves beat wildly against the embankment, as if the next moment, the water monster that has been lurking in the river for thousands of years will open its bloody mouth and devour everything.

In a house not far from the ferry, he heard the sound of a skull breaking. It was his own skull, and he knew he was going to die.

His fat body fell to the ground with a loud bang, and countless snakes scattered under him, and soon covered his entire body.

Throughout his life, he occasionally thought about his own ending, with countless guesses, but he never thought it would be today.

His eyes were wide open, and the scene reflected in his pupils was extremely terrifying. It was thousands of snakes entangled with each other, wriggling madly, spitting blood-red tongues and making a hissing sound...

……

"Brother Fei, what are you daydreaming about?" Wu Shanqiu stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Qi Fei's eyes.

Qi Fei seemed startled by Wu Shanqiu: "How can you walk without making any sound?"

"It was obviously you who was distracted and didn't notice me." Wu Shanqiu said with a gossipy look on her face, "As soon as Zhong Kui disappeared, you were absent-minded. Brother Fei, I really didn't realize that you, a child of destiny, are also a lovesick person."

"What are you talking about? It's working hours now." Qi Fei's ears turned red again.

"I think Zhong Kui is quite strange. At first I saw her being frivolous towards you, but now that you are serious, she seems to be reserved again. Wow, she is so charming and ambiguous. If I were a man, I would be completely bewitched by her." Wu Shanqiu said as if she was intoxicated herself.

Qi Fei reached out and tapped Wu Shanqiu on the forehead: "Hiss, how can you be so keen on gossiping? I tell you, don't comment on my affairs next time. I was just thinking about the two previous cases." He said seriously.

"What's there to review? Didn't the bureau praise us? They said we acted quickly and handled the situation properly." Wu Shanqiu said with a smile.

Qi Fei was not as happy as Wu Shanqiu, and muttered: "Don't you think it's strange..."

"What's strange?"

"Peace." Qi Fei said two words.

"Princess?" Wu Shanqiu asked without hesitation.

"You idiot!" Qi Fei was speechless. "I mean, these two cases were closed too peacefully. The last two cases were too smooth."

Wu Shanqiu pouted, "What do you mean by smooth? You mean Guiyue Apartment or Yunshen Secret Realm? Each haunted house is more sinister than the other. We put in so much effort, and it's still smooth? The two new guys on the team are still receiving psychological counseling these past two days because Hong Mei's scene was too exciting. Brother Fei, let me tell you..." As she spoke, she put on a mysterious look and whispered in Qi Fei's ear, "Even though Captain Liu looks relaxed, he actually didn't sleep all night last night."

I've been reciting the script all the time!" She laughed to herself as she spoke.

But she stopped laughing after two laughs because she found that Qi Fei didn't find it funny at all.

"I'm not saying the case is simple, I'm saying the monster didn't show up," he said.

Only then did Wu Shanqiu realize that the notebook Qi Fei had spread out on his desk was densely packed with images of the monster, an image of a monster with a body and two people.

Wu Shanqiu looked at Qi Fei and asked worriedly, "Brother Fei, are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy, I'm just very uneasy, as if the monster is brewing a big move. It's dormant and accumulating energy before the attack." Qi Fei was worried.

"Is it possible that he's just afraid that we'll find out about him, so he's hiding?" "No, Shanqiu, I have a hunch. I always feel that this person is nearby, always observing our every move, but he's so good at hiding himself that we can't detect him."

Wu Shanqiu obviously didn't understand Qi Fei's feelings and shook her head slightly: "Brother Fei, have you been with Zhong Kui for too long? You've started to think about it."

Hearing Wu Shanqiu talking about Zhong Kui again, Qi Fei couldn't help but sigh: "I haven't heard from her for a long time."

"Is there really something going on between you two?" Wu Shanqiu asked.

Qi Fei squinted at her and raised his hand: "Do you want to flick your forehead again?"

At that moment, Liu Tong appeared. With a gentle smile plastered on his face, he approached them, holding a thermos cup. But his words were anything but relaxed: "Have you rested enough these past two days? It's time to go on patrol."

"Who died?" Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu asked in unison.

"I don't know." Liu Tong said slowly.

Liu Tong looked at the two people with puzzled expressions and said slowly, "This matter is quite troublesome."

……

Qi Fei bent down and stared at a black snake in the glass tank. The snake seemed to be intelligent. It raised its head towards him and spit out its red tongue as if expressing something, but no one understood.

Wu Shanqiu asked in disbelief, "Captain Liu, who did you say reported the case?"

Liu Tong nodded slightly.

Wu Shanqiu said helplessly: "Leader, please stop teasing me."

Liu Tong took out an evidence bag and said, "This is what the snake vomited out."

There was a piece of finger in the transparent bag, which was obviously human.

Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu stared at each other with confusion and surprise.

"Strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many." Wu Shanqiu murmured.

"Of course the snake won't report the crime. It's that person who reported the crime." Liu Tong ended the suspense. As he spoke, an honest-looking villager was brought in accompanied by police officers from the police station.

"My name is Ying Shuiwang, and I'm from Jiangting Island in Nancheng," the other person introduced himself. "I caught this snake in the fields, intending to make wine with it. It started twisting and turning in my hands, and I saw a bulge in its belly. I thought it had eaten a vole, so I shook it a few times, and it suddenly spat out a black mass from its mouth. It didn't look like a vole, so I picked it up out of curiosity. It was slimy and had nails on it. What else could it be but a human finger? I was so scared I called the police."

Qi Fei put on gloves and unskillfully picked up the snake in the tank. He looked at the snake closely and saw that the snake had a black back and a white belly, but there was a faint red color in the gaps between the scales on the belly, which seemed to be residual blood. He picked up the tweezers and scraped off the dried blood. Looking closely, there was a white object similar to tofu dregs on it. From experience, this looked very much like brain tissue. If it was confirmed to be true, the owner of this finger seemed to be in great danger.

"No one's been reported missing these past two days, either on Jiangting Island or in Nancheng." Nearby, Wu Shanqiu had already contacted the police to inquire about the recent police records. "I wonder if there will be any results after the DNA samples are sent for comparison..."

(End of this chapter)