Girl, you form the head.

Chapter 25 Cheese sandwiched between two buns
"Ahh~~"

Xia Tian, ​​who had been working overtime for two days in a row, stretched and yawned to relieve her fatigue.

But when she turned around and saw the sky, which had become completely dark, her expression turned bitter again.

"Why is it so late again?"

Summer is truly frustrating. When I was assigned to the Hanguang branch, I heard that although it was a remote branch, there was relatively little work to do.

But what happened? On her very first day, she encountered the Liang Rong case. Because Liang Rong was killed in the evening, she also worked overtime until the evening.

Before I could even recover the next day, Ito Kou appeared.

Although Ito Kou was dealt with during the day, that guy had taken more than a hundred hostages. Some of these hostages are still unconscious, and those who have woken up need to be interviewed and given treatment for their special injuries. Due to the severe shortage of manpower, even Xia Tian, ​​the archives administrator, was forced to go to the front line to work.

Anyway, after a series of events, she had to work overtime again, and she barely slept all night.

That's fine, I'm young anyway, I can still tough it out.

But there has to be a limit to how long you can stay up. I got home late last night, and my head had barely hit the pillow for two seconds when the case of the family of three who were scared to death by a horror movie this morning came up again.

Xia Tian felt that if things continued like this, she wouldn't be far from dying suddenly.

Fortunately, there is no clear evidence yet that the family of three was harmed by a supernatural being, so they have not been brought up in the core work for the time being. Xia Tian was finally able to relax and return home before 10 o'clock.

But is this really a good thing?

Summer thought of that family of three again.

If that family of three was indeed harmed by a special person, and that special person did not commit further crimes, then wouldn't it mean that there would be no way to find the real culprit for that family of three in this lifetime?

Thinking about this, Xia Tian's mood became heavy, and even the joy of being able to go home early tonight disappeared.

As a police officer at the Hanguang Precinct, Xia Tian was well aware that Hanguang District had the lowest rate of solving special cases among all districts in City C. It wasn't that they weren't trying; it was simply too difficult for ordinary people to keep up with those with special abilities. Unless it was a particularly egregious case committed by someone with special abilities, the headquarters wouldn't bother with them at all, leaving them to handle it themselves.

In most cases, they simply cannot solve the problem.

After all, they are just ordinary people...

ordinary people...

Summer suddenly thought of incandescent bulbs.

Despite being an ordinary person, the senior was able to take down two special fugitives in succession.

It's hard to say about Liang Rong. Even without Bai Chi, he would probably have been caught by other police officers. But Yi Dong Guang was caught because of Bai Chi. If it weren't for Bai Chi, Yi Dong Guang would still be on the run... no, he would still be living a carefree life in Han Guang District. Those innocent people he killed would probably never be able to rest in peace.

From this perspective, it's not just a problem of people with special abilities, but more of a problem of people in general.

It all depends on human effort.

Thinking about it this way, although Senior Bai Chi has relatively low emotional intelligence and occasionally utters some shocking sexually harassing remarks, he is indeed a good policeman.

What people need most is probably a policeman like him.

Thinking of this, Xia Tian, ​​who was originally waiting to get off work, suddenly perked up.

No, with such a role model as her senior, how can she be so lazy?
Summer, oh summer, let's work a little harder. When our seniors achieve some great feat and get transferred to headquarters, sexual harassment won't even be a problem... Ugh, what am I thinking?

Xia Tian shook her head, banishing the strange thoughts from her mind, then stood up and walked out of the archives.

She planned to go downstairs to the forensic department to take a look. After all, her senior colleague believed that if the murderer was indeed a person with special abilities, then that disc should be the key.

When Xia Tian walked out of the archives, she found that her floor was empty. Her colleagues had either gone home or were still working overtime at the hospital, making the police station feel unusually spacious and deserted.

This scene reminded Xia Tian of the family of three who had been scared to death, and she couldn't help but shudder.

Summer, oh summer, you're a police officer, you can't be scared by ghosts and monsters!

She encouraged herself as she walked quickly toward the floor where the forensic department was located.

The forensic department has officers on duty 24 hours a day, and given that the case occurred this morning, they are certainly still examining the suspicious items brought back from the crime scene.

Sure enough, once we arrived at the floor where the forensic department was located, we could see that all the lights on the floor were on.

Bright and ample lighting greatly alleviated the unease of summer.

Honestly, a police officer like you is afraid of ghosts. Summer, you're really pathetic.

Summer laughed at herself inwardly as she walked briskly toward the office where the forensic department was located.

The floor where the forensic department is located also has other departments, but those departments are all empty. The forensic department's office is at the very back of the floor, so as you walk along, you can only see the lights but not the people.

Summer wasn't too worried, because she soon heard the television and immediately realized that her colleagues from the forensic department were watching a DVD called "The Vengeful Ghost".

Speaking of that movie, I haven't had a chance to watch it yet (and I'm not too brave to watch it), but I still found out the gist of it online.

There's not much to say about the plot; most horror movies have similar plots—ghosts and monsters killing people. But Xia Tian remembered the image of that vengeful ghost. It looked like a rotting humanoid worm that devoured all light sources when it appeared, but in the end, it could even block out the moonlight. It looked quite frightening.

If such ghosts really existed in reality, Xia Tian would probably be scared to death.

Lost in thought, Xia Tian arrived at the door of the forensic department office. She immediately saw two forensic colleagues with their backs to her, and the TV in front of them was showing "The Vengeful Ghost".

Are two grown men watching together just to bolster their courage?

Xia Tian almost laughed, then knocked on the door: "Excuse me, I'm Xia Tian from the archives."

While asking questions, Xia Tian was also trying to figure out what reason she should use to inquire about the forensic department's situation, since she was just a second-level police officer in the archives department and this case had nothing to do with her.

So, should we try to get closer to them first?
Summer thought to herself.

However, the two officers didn't respond at all, as if they hadn't heard her.

Summer thought they were engrossed in a horror movie, so she knocked harder and repeated herself.

However, the two officers still did not respond.

Is she asleep?
Summer subconsciously took a step forward and stepped into the forensic department's office.

In that instant, she clearly felt the temperature around her drop significantly, and the images of the crime scene from this morning suddenly flooded her mind.

The film "The Vengeful Ghost" is playing, the viewers are unresponsive, and the door is wide open.

Could it be that……

As if to verify Xia Tian's conjecture, the lights outside the forensic office suddenly went out with a "snap," completely swallowing the path Xia Tian had taken.

He's really here!
Xia Tian's face turned deathly pale in an instant. She instinctively wanted to run away, but apart from the office in front of her, there was no light anywhere on the entire floor. She didn't dare to venture into the darkness alone at this moment.

But this office was equally dangerous. The TV show "The Vengeful Ghost" was still playing, and it had reached its climax—the vengeful ghost pounced on a person and began to frantically devour their body. The chilling chewing sounds, amplified by the forensic department's excellent stereo system, gave Xia Tian an even stronger sense of dread, as if this wasn't a movie but reality.

"Is anyone there!" Xia Tian shouted into the dark stairwell, hoping that a colleague on duty would notice him.

Soon, footsteps could be heard in the darkness.

Summer burst into tears of joy, waving frantically toward the source of the sound: "Here, here!" The footsteps slowly approached.

Summer cried out, as if grasping at a last straw, her voice trembling with tears, "Here! Come quick! Something's happened here! Please help me!"

A human-shaped silhouette gradually emerged from the darkness. Summer, unable to wait any longer, wanted to rush out and reunite with the other person.

But as soon as I lifted my foot, a strong sense of unease welled up in my heart again.

Wait, can't this guy hear her?
She was clearly on the verge of tears, so why was this guy walking so calmly and unhurriedly?

Is this guy really her colleague?
Summer felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave after realizing this. Looking at the increasingly clear human figure, Summer naturally dared not go forward.

It's that guy! It's that monster!

Summer's body trembled uncontrollably as she backed away little by little, fumbling in her pockets for a gun to defend herself.

However, she left her gun upstairs and didn't even bring her phone down.

Summer's heart was filled with despair.

No, we can't give up.

She wasn't carrying a gun, but her colleagues from the forensic department certainly were.

As long as you get a gun, there's still a chance to survive!
Having figured this out, Xia Tian bit her lip hard, using the momentary pain to stimulate her body, which was trembling with fear.

She turned around deftly, intending to find the guns from her two fallen colleagues as quickly as possible.

But when she reached her two colleagues, she froze again, her whole body enveloped by an even stronger fear.

Because she saw a vengeful ghost.

Not on television, but right in front of her, they were devouring her two colleagues.

It turns out that the chewing sounds just now didn't all come from the speakers.

The vengeful ghost being watched slowly raised its head, its terrifyingly rotting eyes fixed on Xia Tian.

Summer was at a loss for what to do; only her instinct for survival drove her step by step toward the back door.

Then there was a "click".

The footsteps that had been there earlier stopped at the door.

Summer stiffly turned her head and saw a pair of crimson eyes in the darkness.

In other words, are there two culprits... no, two monsters?

She was now sandwiched between two monsters.

"Gurgle gurgle".

The vengeful ghost slowly straightened up, its rotting, insect-like body exactly like the one on TV. It stared intently at Xia Tian like a knight in the dark, as if it were watching its prey.

Then, it suddenly stood up and pounced on Xia Tian.

The gaping mouth and the stench emanating from it robbed Xia Tian of her last bit of strength, and she finally collapsed, unable to hold on any longer.

Looks like it's going to get eaten.

As she fell to the ground, she saw the owner of those red eyes also burst out of the darkness, his pitch-black body moving like lightning.

The two monsters intersected on Xia Tian's body, and in the last second before Xia Tian lost consciousness.

She saw the red-eyed knight kick the rotting vengeful ghost away.

……ah?

There was a "boom".

The vengeful ghost was kicked into the television by Bai Chi, which shattered instantly. The countless shards of glass and metal cut the ghost's rotting (or soft) body, leaving it covered in wounds.

"What the hell is that?!" In her consciousness space, Ruri was shocked to see the vengeful ghost being kicked away. "Isn't this the ghost from the movie? Why does it have a physical form?!"

"That's something we need to figure out."

Bai Chi was also quite surprised, never expecting that the ghosts in the movies would actually appear in reality.

and……

He turned his head and looked at the two policemen who had been killed, their chests ripped open, blood pooling on the ground.

This is exactly the same method of killing as the vengeful ghost in the movie.

But why is that? Last night, this guy's method of killing people was to scare them to death, so why has he changed his method now?

This isn't something you can just do by making random changes based on your preferences; these are two completely different special attributes.

"Gulu gulu."

The vengeful ghost, which had been kicked to the ground, tried to get up.

Bai Chi certainly wouldn't just watch; he stepped forward again and stomped on the vengeful ghost's back.

With a loud "boom," the vengeful ghost's body, which it had just managed to prop up, collapsed. The immense force shattered the office tiles, and viscous bodily fluids and internal organs spilled out. The entire human (beast) resembled a flattened frog, instantly becoming barely alive.

He tried to struggle, but Bai Chi conjured the Shadow Mist Knight Spear and stabbed it fiercely into his head again.

"Crash".

His head was pierced, and after twitching twice, he became completely still.

……that's all?

Something about the incandescent bulb feels off.

This guy... is so weak.

This thing really does look like the vengeful ghost from the movie. The reason why the vengeful ghost in the movie is terrifying is only for ordinary people who are powerless to fight back, but against Blaze in his knight form, that level of threat is almost zero.

Could this be his true power? The family of three who were scared to death last night were also frightened to death because they saw a real vengeful ghost appear in reality?
It's not impossible, but Bai Chi still felt that something was off.

And at that moment, he heard a voice from within his consciousness space.

"Bai Chi... I... I feel like something's not right..."

"Okay, so cold."

Just as Bai Chi was about to switch his perspective back to the consciousness space, he suddenly noticed that the synchronization rate on the panel was rapidly decreasing!
In just a moment, it dropped from 45% to 42%, and even the Shadow Mist Knight's Lance was almost unable to maintain its strength.

How is this going? !
(End of this chapter)